Grade 3 · Science · Lesson 38

Recycle and Reuse Project

Natural resources are materials found in nature that people use to live — such as water, wood, coal, oil, soil, and minerals. Some resources are renewable, meaning they can be replaced naturally. Others are nonrenewable, meaning they take millions of years to form and can run out.

What this lesson teaches

1Distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable natural resources
2Explain the difference between recycling, reusing, and reducing
3Plan a project that gives a used material a new purpose

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