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Teacher Packet #1 - A Study of the Earth
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you sent is being used and appreciated very much." Kathy Rusert - Mena, Arkansas - All subjects - 1st grade

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A Study of the Earth
50 pages of teachers guides, student pages, background material, maps, coloring pages, and word searches about the resources we all use.

8 Special Lessons

Naturally Yours

Clothing Matters

Mining Legends

Recycling Metals

Natural Resources Matter

A Classroom Full of Resources

A World of Resources

How Do We Use Our Land

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Teacher Packet #1 with posters, only $8 (includes postage).

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Look Around. . .Everything is Made of Something
(23 X 34)
A review of the average American house-the different natural resources that are used to build and furnish a house. Back side has maps of mineral locations in the U.S.

From the Earth . . . A Better Life
(11 X 17)
Land use in the United States and Canada - How much land is used to feed and house us. How much land do forests and cities take up. How much land is in wilderness. How much land has really been affected by mining.

Elements Comprising the Human Body
(11 X 17)
Listing of the elements from which the human body is made. Reverse side describes the roles of those minerals and metals in life processes, and the foods we usually eat to re-supply our body with these necessary minerals and metals.

If It Can't Be Grown, It Has To Be Mined
(11 X 17)
Everything we have and everything we use comes from our natural resources. And there are only two basic industries- agriculture and mining- that help us develop and use those resources to make everything we have.

How Do We Use Our Land
(15 x 23)
Designed to introduce an awareness and understanding of how we use land. We need land to live on, to grow our food, for recreation, and to provide the minerals we use every day.


5 Different Teacher Helper Packets	A Study of the Earth	Everything We Have Comes from Natural Resources	Everyday Uses of Minerals	Creating A Universe	Natural Resources we Use

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