Natural Resources Research Project

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Students research one natural resource including its characteristics, use, distribution, and harvest.

Includes PRINT and GOOGLE versions!

This student handout includes:

• Introduction and detailed, step-by-step instructions
• 10 Suggested natural resources (students choose one)
• “Research Organizer” to help students organize their information and focus their thinking
• Student-friendly grading rubric

Teachers will appreciate this project because the instructions and expectations are simple and straightforward. The rubric is uncomplicated. And, the included graphic organizer makes it easy for a wide range of students to organize what they are learning as they perform their research.

Teacher Notes:

• Please note that this natural resources research project is not editable.
• A link to a Google Slides version of this document is included in the downloadable PDF.
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Related Standards:

• NGSS MS-ESS3-1: Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.