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Getting Your Needs Met: Earth’s Natural Resources
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6 Sections
34 Lessons
10 Weeks
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Chapter 10: Water, Water Everywhere: Freshwater Resources
4
1.1
Finding Fresh Water
10 mins
1.2
Conserving Fresh Water
10 mins
1.3
Thirsty for More: The Never-Ending Need for Fresh Water
10 mins
1.4
Creating Fresh Water
10 mins
Chapter 11: This Land Belongs to You and Me: Land as a Resource
3
2.1
Sharing Land
10 mins
2.2
Managing Land Resources
10 mins
2.3
Considering the Connection between Urbanization and Land Use
10 mins
Chapter 12: Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: Biodiversity
4
3.1
Variety Is the Spice of Life: Defining Biodiversity
10 mins
3.2
Becoming Biodiverse: Evolution by Natural Selection
10 mins
3.3
The HIPPO in the Room: Major Threats to Biodiversity
10 mins
3.4
Creating Effective Conservation Plans
10 mins
Chapter 13: Dishing It Up: Food Resources
9
4.1
Seeking Food Security
10 mins
4.2
Defining Organic
10 mins
4.3
Feeding the world: The green revolution
10 mins
4.4
Digging in the Dirt: Components of Healthy Soil
10 mins
4.5
The Pitfalls of Pesticides
10 mins
4.6
Integrating Pest Management
10 mins
4.7
“Frankenfood”: Genetically Modifying Food
10 mins
4.8
Farming Fish and Other Animals
10 mins
4.9
Establishing Sustainable Agriculture
10 mins
Chapter 14: Hitting the Hard Stuff: Geologic Resources and Hazards
6
5.1
Getting to Know the Earth
10 mins
5.2
Finding Value in Rocks
10 mins
5.3
Extracting Geologic Resources
10 mins
5.4
Forming and Depleting Fossil Fuels
10 mins
5.5
Reacting to Nuclear Energy
10 mins
5.6
Living on a Dynamic Planet
10 mins
Chapter 15: Shifting Gears: Alternative Energy
8
6.1
Looking for Alternative Energy
10 mins
6.2
Farming Fuel: Biofuel Energy Sources
10 mins
6.3
Harnessing Energy from Water
10 mins
6.4
Getting Steamed: Geothermal Energy
10 mins
6.5
Soaking Up the Sun: Solar Energy
10 mins
6.6
Chasing Windmills: Wind Energy
10 mins
6.7
Energy on Demand: Creating Fuel Cells
10 mins
6.8
Making the Most of the Energy You Already Have: Energy Conservation
10 mins
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