Grade 7 Overall Expectations:
Analyse aspects of the extraction/harvesting and use of natural resources in different regions of the world, and assess ways of preserving these resources
- Mining (article, WPL Databases)
- Effects of Deforestation (article, Pachamama Alliance)
- Interactive Map (interactive resource, Global Forest Watch)
- The Sources and Solutions. Fossil Fuels (article, United States Environmental Protection Agency)
- Energy Sprawl Solutions (interactive tool, The Nature Conservancy)
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
- Reforestation and Carbon Offsetting (non-profit organization, Tree Canada)
- Renewable Energy 101 (video, YouTube)
- Pollution in the Great Lakes (article, Canadian Geographic)
- Canadian Hydropower Interactive Map (interactive resource, Canadian Geographic)
- Mapmaker Interactive (interactive map, National Geographic)
- Water, Food, and Energy (article, United Nations)
- Impacts of Natural Resource Extraction (article, United Nations)
- Why Natural Resource Use Matters (video, YouTube)
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
- From Sunshine to Light Bulb (eBook, WPL Databases)
- Burning Out. Energy From Fossil Fuels (eBook, WPL Databases)
- Climate Action. Why It Matters (Infographic, United Nations)
- Rainforest Alliance (non-profit organization, Rainforest Alliance)
- The Killer Smog (article, WPL Databases)
- Desertification (article, United Nations)
- Assessing Access to Water and Sanitation (article, CDC)