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Activity Description: Two teams race to sort a deck of cards to practice identifying renewable and non-renewable natural resources.

Items Needed:

• Two sets of Natural Resource Cards
• Scissors
• (Optional) Resealable bags to store the cards

Before the Meeting Starts:

1. Prepare the Cards. (5 min)
   • Print out the conservation card deck and use scissors to cut out the individual cards.
2. Verify the youth’s knowledge. (5 min)
   • Youth need to know the basic difference between energy sources that can be replaced by nature and those that cannot.

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 15 min):

1. Set up the game. (5 min)
   • Split the youth group into two teams.
   • Mix each set of cards up completely and lay them face up on a flat table.
   • Instruct the youth in each team to carefully examine the pictures and words on each card.
2. Play the game. (5 min)
   • Start the game by signaling both teams to attempt to separate all the cards into two distinct piles for renewable and non-renewable resources.
   • The team to complete the task first gets one point.
   • Once both teams are complete, verify they have sorted the piles correctly.
   • Provide one point for each correctly sorted card and zero points for an incorrectly sorted card.

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