People and the Environment · Environmental Geography

Resource Extraction and Impact

Investigating the environmental and social consequences of mining, logging, and oil drilling.

Key Questions

  1. 1What is the true price of the resources used in our technology?
  2. 2How can resource extraction be managed to minimize ecological damage?
  3. 3Who should have the right to decide how natural resources are used?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Global Settlement: Patterns and Sustainability - Grade 8ON: Global Inequalities: Economic and Social - Grade 8
Grade: Grade 8
Subject: Geography
Unit: People and the Environment
Period: Environmental Geography

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