SUBJECT AREAS:
social studies, home economics, math
CONCEPT:
What are natural resources, and why are they important?
OBJECTIVE:
To identify how many resources are used to produce an item and
why each resource is so important.
MATERIALS: paper,
pencil, bicycle or picture of one
KEYWORDS:
natural resource
BACKGROUND: Use
an object that youth are familiar with to explore how many resources
are used to make it. Youth should realize that everything is
made from a natural resource. Example: pencil, house, bicycle,
car, softball.
PROCEDURE:
Take an item that you are familiar with and list all the raw
materials needed to produce it.
Example: Bike - aluminum (bauxite);
steel; plastic; rubber