Natural Resources for Kids

As your students are learning about renewable and nonrenewable resources,, you may be looking for a culminating activity to end your unit. Teach Starter has created a flipbook that you can use with your students to incorporate research and writing skills.

With this flipbook, students will complete 7 pages where they demonstrate an understanding of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Students must then choose a resource and research important facts, such as how it is created, how long it lasts, etc. After researching the positives and negatives of their chosen resource, students will plan and write a letter to a local government member explaining why they should or should not use this resource.

This resource is to help students organize and share their learning about renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your science lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this flipbook to enhance learning through guided science groups, whole class lessons, or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts: 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Students who need help can choose only one or two positives and negatives for their selected resource. They can also give their final writing verbally.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

Students who need a challenge can include more positives and negatives for their chosen resource.

Easily Prepare This Resource for Your Students

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the PDF or editable Google Slides version of this resource. 

Print each page and cut along the dotted lines. Assemble the pages on top of each other and staple them together at the top to create a vertical flipbook.

This resource was created by Kaylyn Chupp, a teacher in Florida and Teach Starter Collaborator. 

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