Earth & Sky

Students often do not know which resources are renewable and which are nonrenewable, or which are recyclable or reusable. In this activity, students will learn what these terms mean and discover why sustainable use of natural resources is so important.

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• Snow study aids adaptation to warmer world
• Expert: Water is a different kind of resource
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• Cod Gone?
• Crowded Planet Ecology
• Environment of Consumption
• Fish Farm
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• Marine Biomass
• Marine Protected Areas
• Marine Reserves I
• Mining Mountains 1
• Mining Mountains 2
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• Sylvia Earle Part 2
• Water Challenges
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