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“Please put me back in the water. I am Paddle to the Sea.” Holling Clancy Holling’s story, Paddle-to-the-Sea (1941) tells the tale of the journey a carved 12-inch canoe and Indian figure as it follows the watershed from Nipigon country in Canada through the Great lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. This story illustrates how water …

Often times, the health and availability of one natural resource relies on the health and availability of another. Natural resources interact with, depend upon, and influence each other. Students will read articles featured in Maine’s local newspapers that highlight natural resources and their interactions with people, the environment, and the issues they face. Students will …

To help students understand that there are different categories of natural resources, they will model different types of resources to discover the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources. They will apply this knowledge by labeling resources identified in Maine: A Natural Resource Rich State as either renewable or non-renewable. This activity can be done inside …