This lesson package discuss Earth's Natural Resources. Specifically, it looks at Minerals, Energy, and Groundwater as natural resources as well as their formation, location, extraction, and how humans impact the resources. This lesson is intended for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade.

✅ Clear, Student-Friendly Notes: Covers minerals, energy sources, and groundwater with easy-to-understand explanations.

✅ Key Concepts Explained Simply: Formation, location, extraction, and human impact of natural resources.

✅ Ideal and Designed for Middle School Science: Supports Earth Science units with concise, structured content.

✅ No-Prep Resource: Ready-to-use lesson outline perfect for notes, review, or sub plans.

This package includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation), three embedded videos, a 4-question auto-graded Exit Ticket, one video worksheet activity, and a student lesson handout as a document. The presentation is fun and applicable with many opportunities for inquiry-based learning and discussion.

In order, the lesson covers:

• What Mineral Resources Are
• How Mineral Resources Form, are Found, and Extracted
• Human Impact and Sustainability
• What Energy Resources Are
• How Fossil Fuels Form, are Found, and Extracted
• Environmental and Social Impact
• What is Groundwater and How it Moves
• Where Groundwater is Found and How it is Used
• Problems and Protection of Groundwater

Included in the lesson package is:

• The teacher version of the presentation
• The student version of the presentation
• 4-Question auto-graded Exit Ticket
• three embedded videos
• 1 Video Worksheet Activity
• Student lesson handout

The student version of the presentation contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.

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