Engage your students in learning all about natural resources and how they help us in our daily lives. No more searching for lessons and activities because this comes with everything you need to teach, engage and assess your students over a few weeks.
This engaging resource includes:
a variety of activities to develop an understanding of natural resources.
uses of natural resources.
how different natural resources are gathered.
renewable and non-renewable resources.
energy profiles for Canadian provinces and territories.
types of energy resources.
uses of oil.
an art project to wrap up learning and use creative thinking to show what has been learned.
a persuasive writing activity.
a complete lesson plan with modifications for differentiation
instructions for teaching strategies (inductive learning and jigsaw learning).
student pages and templates.
answer keys and suggested answers.
photographs of student examples.
a critical thinking task to practice what students have learned.
a scoring guide for the critical thinking task.
a digital version with loose text that can be read by assistive technology.
metric and customary measurements.
Canadian/British and American spellings.
a digital version of all the student pages that use Google Slides. You must download the PDF file and use the access link in the file to get your digital copy.
an alignment guide for Alberta Outcomes.
Ninja Note: This resource was originally written for Grade 5 Social Studies in Alberta. It has not been updated to align with science.
