Natural Resources and Ecology (NRE)

About This Course

Natural Resources and Ecology is a foundation-level course within the CASE program of study. The course provides students a variety of experiences that in the fields of natural resources and ecology.

Students explore hands-on projects and activities while studying topics such as land use, water quality, stewardship, and environmental agencies. Study of the natural world including biomes, land, air, water, energy, use and care as well as a focus on issues surrounding man's interaction with the Earth is addressed in this course.

Students select an ecosystem to study throughout the course and apply principles of natural resources and ecology from each unit of study to that ecosystem.

Course Content

The Natural Resources and Ecology areas of study include:

• Conservation, Preservation, Exploitation
• Soil, Water, and Air
• Earth's Energy
• Flora and Fauna
• Farming, Forestry, and Ferrous
• Human Impact

Resources

• NRE Detailed Course Outline

• NRE Course Description

• NRE Expanded Lesson Review

• Standards Alignment Matrices

• Recommended Supporting Text G-W Natural Resources Systems, 2025

• NRE Materials by Vendor

• Sample NRE Activity

 

Development of the CASE Natural Resources and Ecology course was made possible by contributions from CSX, Mosaic, and The CHS Foundation as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.