People and the Environment · Environmental Geography
Resource Extraction and Impact
Investigating the environmental and social consequences of mining, logging, and oil drilling.
Key Questions
- 1What is the true price of the resources used in our technology?
- 2How can resource extraction be managed to minimize ecological damage?
- 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
Suggested Methodologies
Ready to teach this topic?
Generate a complete, classroom-ready active learning mission in seconds.