Types of Resources

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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Each of those things that you touched is called a good.

A good can be something grown or made. Examples of goods that are grown are:

• flowers
• fruits
• vegetables

Examples of goods that have been made, or manufactured, are:

• the computer you are using.
• the clothes you are wearing.
• the chair on which you are sitting.

A person who buys and uses goods is called a consumer, so you are a consumer of goods. In order to make goods, we need resources. What is a resource?

To find out more, continue on to the Got It? section to find out where stuff comes from!