This week is Earth Science Week. Connecting students with our natural resources to make good stewards is a priority. The majority of students do not realize how their favorite things are made or what natural resources go in to making them. Project Learning Tree’s activity “A Few of My Favorite Things” will assist students in connecting what resources are used to make their favorite item. Students will be amazed at how many products can be made from one resource.
As an extension, have students research if the resources used to make their object are sustainable.
Can you name some of Iowa’s naturally occurring resources?
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Book List
Grades 6-8
Walker, N. 2007. Generating Wind Power (Energy Revolution).New York: Crabtree Publishing Company.
Woelfle, G. 1997. The Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills. Chicago: Chicago Review Press.
Grades 9-12
Gradwohl, D., & Osborn, N. 1990. Exploring Buried Buxton: Archaeology of an Abandoned Iowa Coal Mining Town with a Large Black Population (Bur Oak Book). Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
Pederson, S., & Rygle, K. 2008. Northwest Treasure Hunter's Gem & Mineral Guides to the U.S.A.: Where and How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals. Woodstock: GemStone Press.
Spilsbury, L., & Spilsbury, R. 2007. The Pros and Cons of Wind Power (The Energy Debate). New York City: Rosen Central.
Walker, N. 2007. Generating Wind Power (Energy Revolution). New York: Crabtree Publishing Company.
Woelfle, G. 1997. The Wind at Work: An Activity Guide to Windmills. Chicago: Chicago Review Press.
2006. Coal (Fueling the Future). Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press.
