Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability

Lisää tämän kaltaisia

Biodiversity

luonut michael skorzewski

Natural Disasters-Unit of work

luonut Paula Steel

Worldbuilding

luonut Maeve Panda

Worldbuilding

luonut Maeve Panda

Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability

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Eco-Tipping Points

What are some of the ways in which countries around the world are practising environmental stewardship?

Ethical Use of Resources

Tragedy of the Commons

Human-Caused Concerns

Deforestation

Desertification

Fishing

Renewable Resources

Climate Change & Renewable Energy

Wind

Biofuel

Solar

Geothermal

Water

Is the extraction and use of fossil fuels sustainable?

Most Valuable

Non-Renewable

Natural

Why might some countries be better able than others to extract and use natural resources in a sustainable way?

Political

Economical

Environment

What are our most valuable natural resources?

Natural Resources

Non-renewable

Renewable

Flow

How do we determine whether the extraction and/or use of a natural resource is sustainable?

Sustainability

Subtopic

Key Vocubulary

Quizzizz Activity

Overview of Unit

Additional Goals

Economics

Law

Politics

Learning Goals:

In this unit, we are learning to:

1. analyse aspects of the extraction/ harvesting and use of natural resources in different regions of the world, and assess ways of preserving these resources
2. demonstrate an understanding of the sources and use of different types of natural resources and of some of the effects of the extraction/ harvesting and use of these resources 
3. use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to the impact of the extraction/ harvesting and/or use of natural resources around the world from a geographic perspective 

Big Ideas for this Unit

1. Resource development is affected by social, political, economic, and geographic factors.
2. The ways in which people extract and use natural resources can have social, economic, political, and environmental consequences.
3. There is a relationship between Earth’s physical features and the distribution of natural resources and how people use these resources to meet their needs and wants.