Natural Resources are resources which can be obtained from the environment. On the one hand, natural resources are fast depleting because of overexploitation by humans.

On the other hand, earth is becoming a big dumping ground for waste generated by the activities of the fast growing human population.

These resources can be further divided into two:
Abiotic resources
Biotic resources (living natural resources)


Science syllabus of CTET:

Paper I (for class I to V) Primary Stage:

Child Development and Pedagogy:
Child Development (Primary School Child)
Concept of development and its relationship with learning
Influence of Heredity & Environment
Principles of the development of children
Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents,
Peers)
Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical
perspectives
Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
Language & Thought
Individual differences among learners, understanding differences
based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion
etc.
Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of
learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous &
Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels
of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the
classroom and for assessing learner achievement.
Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and
educational practice

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties,
‘impairment’ etc.
Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including
disadvantaged and deprived
Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

Learning and Pedagogy
How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve
success in school performance.
Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding
Children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process
Cognition & Emotions
Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of
Learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental
Motivation and learning

CTET Science Study Material
ctet.nic.in/ctetapp/pdf/paper2mumbai.pdf