Earth's Natural Resources

Earth is made of different material, including rocks, sand, soil and water. Natural resources are things that people use that come from Earth like land, water, air and trees. These natural resources can be conserved using ideas like reducing trash, recycling and replanting trees.
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Reef-X | SCETV Series & Specials

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A program through which decommissioned military equipment is cleaned, carefully prepared, and then placed in the ocean bed to build reefs off the coast of Beaufort, South Carolina. "Artificial" reefs...
Pollution 101! | Environmental Ed

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Pollution: is any human-made change in nature that creates a harmful effect on living things. Now that’s a BIG earth problem that’s a BIG people problem. Pollution: is any human-made change in nature...
Wasting Away! | Environmental Ed

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“Environmental Ed” informs us that in the United States each person throws away about 4.5 lbs. or 2 KG of trash per day. He reminds us that we all make litter and that the problem is finding...
Spare My Air! | Environmental Ed

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One of the most important resources that all living things have is…no not video games or cell phones… You can’t see it most of the time, but you know it’s there. It’s AIR. What is air? Well air makes...
Barrels and Bins | Environmental Ed

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“Environmental Ed” explains the benefits of compost bins and rain barrels. Compost is a combination of decomposed, or rotting plant, and other organic materials like scrap food and grass clippings...
Water We Doing? | Environmental Ed

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Did you know that water goes around and around between the clouds to the earth to the ground and then back to the clouds again? That’s why it’s called the water cycle. The good news: it has been...
My Truck Smells Like French Fries | Environmental Ed

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“Environmental Ed” informs us that biodiesel is among the most diverse fuels imaginable and that it is nontoxic and biodegradable. It can be produced from any fat or oil such as soybean and vegetable...
Catawba River | RiverVenture
Catawba River | RiverVenture

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From the Appalachian Mountains, the Catawba River south through the Carolina Piedmont, where it becomes the Wateree River and eventually flows out to the Atlantic Ocean as the Santee River. From the...