In This Lesson You Will...

  • Describe examples of resources and explain the need for humans to use them.
  • Compare and contrast renewable and non-renewable resources and give examples of each.
  • Identify solar energy as a renewable resource available in Florida.
  • Identify and describe light and heat energy.
  • SC.4.E.6.3: Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.
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  • SC.4.E.6.6: Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy).
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  • SC.4.P.10.1: Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion.
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