🔬 Science · Weather & Climate
Natural resources
Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment
Typical age: 9–10 years
“Can your child explain where petrol, electricity, and gas come from — that they come from natural resources like oil, coal, wind, or sunlight — and how using them affects the environment?”
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Needs first
- Changing Environments
Environmental change knowledge supports understanding how resource use affects environment
- How energy travels aroundREQUIRED
Must understand energy transfer before learning about natural resources as energy sources
- Human impact on environmentsREQUIRED
Describing how energy and fuels affect the environment requires 'renewable', 'non-renewable', and 'fossil fuel' vocabulary