Unit 5: Global Resources
This unit objective is to study the increasing exploitation of the world's resources and to exaine ethods and strategies that will preserve/conserve the planet's resources for future generations.
Specific Curriculum Outcome5.1 To examine the concept resource for a local, national and global perspective. To analyze maps, graphs, tables, etc., for economic and social patterns arise from the location, production and consumption of resources.
5.2 To help students evaluate use of the term resource crisis by examining human consumption, the natural storehouse, and the influence of one upon the other. 5.3 To examine methods of managing consumption that enhance the conservation and preservation of renewable and non-renewable resources. |
Resources, Activities and Assignments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRfjMOjrfnI
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/09/28/food-waste-report.html http://www.fallsbrookcentre.ca/cgi-bin/calculate.pl http://ggs12.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/8/7/12872932/foodmileseducation_toolkitppt.pdf Water as a Resources
The Story of Bottled Water - 8 minute video
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