NGSS · Earth & Space Science · Grade 5

5-ESS3-1 Natural Resources: Protecting Earth's Resources

Obtain and combine information about solutions individual communities use to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

Kentucky 5-ESS3-1 uses the same wording.

Teach 5-ESS3-1 with a mystery

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Science Unlocked lesson set The Cave That Stank Under the town of Horse Cave, Kentucky, a river flows through a cave. For 50 years the cave smelled so bad that it was closed. Today, tours are back and cave animals live there again. How did a town clean up a river it couldn’t even see? 1 week · $3.00 · Grades 5 See what’s inside
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