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Topic: Natural Resources

Subtopics: Nonrenewable Resources, Coal, Rare Earth Metal

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AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet

by Jon Scieszka

“So now it’s up to you to figure a way out. You can: a) Burn less fossil fuels or b) Find another planet with air and water and plants and animals, just like Me.”

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AstroNuts Mission Three: The Perfect Planet

by Jon Scieszka

“That’s it, Homo Sapiens—the hard and inescapable truth. I am your Perfect Planet. I will take care of you. But you have to take care of me”

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Black Beach: A Community, An Oil Spill, and the Origin of Earth Day

by John Stith, Shaunna Stith

“The more Sam learned, the more powerful she felt. There were so many ways to help!”

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Black Panther

by Ryan Coogler

“Wakanda is strong enough to help others and help ourselves.”

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Buried Sunlight: How Fossil Fuels Have Changed the Earth

by Molly Bang, Penny Chisholm

“Billions of tons of fossil fuels – my sunlight energy – still lie locked deep inside the vaults of Earth. If you burn them up, Earth’s CO2 blanket will grow thicker and thicker. Your Earth will warm so much it will change in ways that no one can predict for sure.”

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Coral Reefs: A Journey Through an Aquatic World Full of Wonder

by Jason Chin

“With so many species living in such a small space, it’s no wonder coral reefs are called cities of the sea.”

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Dig Too Deep

by Amy Allgeyer

“I nod, but my mind’s fixed on something else—something abnormal in the valley. Something that might be causing all those health problems. And that something is bright orange.”

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Drawn to Change the World

by Emma Reynolds

“We can’t eat money or drink oil. One day I will be an ancestor and I want my descendants to know I used my voice so they can have a future.”

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FernGully: The Last Rainforest 

by Bill Kroyer

“Everything in our world is connected by the delicate strands of the web of life, which is balanced between forces of destruction and the magic forces of creation.”

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Green Rising

by Lauren James

“It was impossible not to care for the plants around her when she could feel their drowsy, contented vibrations as they soaked up the sunlight and fresh rainwater. In a best-case scenario, Dad would understand when she explained that she needed to take responsibility for their pollution.”

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I Fuel: How Energy Powers Our Busy World

by Kelly Rice Schmitt

“We’re no longer tiny organisms or crude oil stuck in rocks. Now we’re mighty fuel— ready to power the world!

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Love Grows Everywhere

by Barry Timms

“Love grows everywhere… / from country farm to city square. / From desert village, hot and dry, / to mountain home where eagles fly.”

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Moana

by John Musker, Ron Clements

“I know who you are / Who you truly are”

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Old Enough to Save the Planet

by Loll Kirby

“I am smart enough to read this book. I care enough to hear the news. I know enough to make the change. I am old enough to save the planet”.

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Pikmin 3

by Nintendo

“If they carefully cultivate the seeds they’ve harvested, it just may bring salvation to the people of Koppai.”

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