👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will explore how resources—natural or man-made—support life, solve problems, and meet our needs.

Vocabulary
resource, renewable, nonrenewable, material

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Main Idea
We Use Metals teaches us how natural resources from Earth support life, provide materials, and help communities meet daily needs.

Vocabulary and Definition

• — something people use
• — something that can grow or be replaced
• — something that cannot be replaced quickly
• — what something is made of

Words to Learn

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Sentences to Fill In

1. One example from We Use Metals is ________.
2. A resource is something we ________.
3. Renewable resources can ________.
4. One material I use often is ________.
5. I learned that ________ is important because ________.

Think & Respond Q&A

1. What is a natural or man-made resource you use every day?
2. Why are resources important?
3. How do people use materials wisely?
4. What is one resource we should protect?
5. How does We Use Metals connect to your life?

Hands-On Experiment or Activities

What You Need: a few classroom items (wood, plastic, paper, metal).
What You Do:

1. Sort each item into natural or man-made materials.
2. Explain what each item is used for.
3. Suggest one way to reduce waste using that material.
   Think and Talk:

• Which material do you use most?

Reflection

• What did you learn from We Use Metals?
• What resource do you want to protect or use better?