Unit of Inquiry #3
Big Idea: Natural Resources continue to shape the economy and identity of different regions of Canada
Essential Questions (understandings so far):
1.Natural Resources
- How do natural resources help us to survive?
- How do natural resources give us energy?
2. Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy/Resources
- How do the 5 forms of renewable energy help us in our daily lives?
- How does oil, natural gas, and coal work as non-renewable resources?
- How do the consequences of mining affect the local environment?
- How are clothes made from natural resources and man-made synthetics?
3. How can cedar be used as a natural resource?
- How can we cedar to weave clothing?
- How can we use cedar to make Aboriginal fishing tools including tidal weirs, weirs, dip net, gill nets, and bowfishing?
- How can cedar be used to make a canoe?
4. Natural Resources in B.C.
- How can we play a card game collaboratively with Ms. Haskins Gr. 5/6 class to learn about the natural resources in B.C.?
- How can apply our understanding of natural resources in forestry, agriculture, fishing, energy into our collaborative group dioramas?
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