What are Natural Resources?
1. In your science journal, answer this question.
2. In addition, make a list of all of the natural resources you can think of. THEN look at your list and divide it into two lists: Renewable Natural Resources and NON-renewable Natural Resources.
3. With your team members, create a poster (in color) that combines your lists of renewable and non-renewable natural resources.
4. As a team, decide what natural resources you will most likely use in your city and why. Be ready to share with the class.
2. In addition, make a list of all of the natural resources you can think of. THEN look at your list and divide it into two lists: Renewable Natural Resources and NON-renewable Natural Resources.
3. With your team members, create a poster (in color) that combines your lists of renewable and non-renewable natural resources.
4. As a team, decide what natural resources you will most likely use in your city and why. Be ready to share with the class.
Where do cell phones come from?
INDIVIDUALLY: Using the information on the file below, fill out the worksheet from Mrs. Smith about where cell phones come from. Be ready to discuss your findings with the class.
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Why are natural resources distributed unevenly around the world?
Check out these two maps below, then come up with a theory as to why natural resources are not spread out equally around the world.
1. In your science journal, write down your observations of each map and how they are similar and different. What conclusion have you come up with regarding the connection between copper and volcanic activity.
2. Below is a 3Dish version of a map of the Bingham Copper Mine here in the valley. Based on what you know about volcanic activity, can you explain what is going on in the map and how the veins of copper might have been formed? Also, notice what the surface looked like before the mining started and how far the digging has to happen to find the copper (cu).
3. Now do a little research online about what copper is used for. Based on the use of copper, answer this questions, "Do you think mining this deep for copper is necessary?" in your science journal.
2. Below is a 3Dish version of a map of the Bingham Copper Mine here in the valley. Based on what you know about volcanic activity, can you explain what is going on in the map and how the veins of copper might have been formed? Also, notice what the surface looked like before the mining started and how far the digging has to happen to find the copper (cu).
3. Now do a little research online about what copper is used for. Based on the use of copper, answer this questions, "Do you think mining this deep for copper is necessary?" in your science journal.
City Planning Prep
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
The first thing that you will need to do as a team is decide where in the world you want to put your city. Check out the world map, then make your decision.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Click on the image of the map and save the map to your photos.
2. Open your Adobe Draw app (You will need to use your Adobe log-in) and click on the + sign on the bottom right
3. Click on Background box on center right and then the +. this will open a window that will allow you to access your map from photos
3. Decide where your city will be located, then mark an X, using the pen tool, where your city will be located
4. As a team, decide on the name of your city. Save the image as the name of your city.
The first thing that you will need to do as a team is decide where in the world you want to put your city. Check out the world map, then make your decision.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Click on the image of the map and save the map to your photos.
2. Open your Adobe Draw app (You will need to use your Adobe log-in) and click on the + sign on the bottom right
3. Click on Background box on center right and then the +. this will open a window that will allow you to access your map from photos
3. Decide where your city will be located, then mark an X, using the pen tool, where your city will be located
4. As a team, decide on the name of your city. Save the image as the name of your city.
INTERACTIVES for CITY PLANNING PREPARATION
As you prepare to become city planners, you will need to know somethings about natural resources. Below are some interactives that will help you and your team prepare to create the best city in the world. Some of the interactives everyone on the team will need to do, while others you will need to decide who will do each one, then each team member will report back to the team with what they learned.
CLIMATE
A. EVERYONE DOES: What is the Future of Earth's Climate?
1. Log - in to https://concord.org/
2. Complete the Pre-Test for HAS Climate Unit
3. Then complete the activity: "What is the Future of Earth's Climate?"
4. TEAM MEETING:
NATURAL RESOURCES
TEAM MEETING #2
1. As a team, research and find out what type of natural resources are within a 100 mile radius of your city.
2. Make a list of the resources available to you. Next to each item write down whether or not the resource is renewable. HINT: Don't forget to look up.
3. Divide up your list among you and your team members.
4. Research how these natural resources are typically used, and what products these resources are used for in manufacturing.
5. As a team, decide on what the top 5 natural resources you will use and how you will use them.
6. As a team, decide what businesses will be developed in your city to use or maintain these natural resources.
Alternative:
Use one of the following posters to discover what natural resources go into making the product.
Basketballs: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/basketball/
Soda Can: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/aluminum-soda-cans
Cosmetic Packaging: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/cosmetics-packaging
DVDs: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/dvds
Eraser: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/synthetic-rubber-eraser
U.S. Penny: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/us-penny
Rayban Sunglasses: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/rayban-wayfarer
Tesla: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/tesla-model-s
Bracelet: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/gel-bracelets
Velvet: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/velvet
1. Read through the poster.
2. Make a list of the natural resources used and mark an (N) if they are non-renewable or a (R) if they are renewable.
3. Answer the following questions:
Sustainable/Green Cities - Read/Write
INDIVIDUAL WORK
It's time to look at some examples of some "green" or "sustainable" cities to help inspire your planning.
1. Please use one of the online science magazine's from the Symbaloo to find an article about a "green city" or a "sustainable city."
2. Read the article carefully.
3. Write a summary explaining the following (must be at least 75 words):
5. Would you want to live in this city, explain why or why not.
6. What magazine did you use? What is the title of the article? Who is the author? When was the article written?
7. Turn in your answer.
ELECTRICITY/ENERGY OPTIONS:
Log - in to https://concord.org/\
1. Work through each of the five modules this week. Each day in class you should be doing a different module. If you don't finish the module in class, it becomes homework (you have no other science homework this week).
2. Once you are finished with the modules, meet with your team.
TEAM MEETING
INSTRUCTIONS: Decide who will lead your meeting and help keep members on task. Everyone needs to take notes! When doing research feel free to divide up the work and then report back to each other with what you learned.
A. Go through the big list of natural resources that you created previously. Which of these natural resources can you use for energy sources for creating electricity and for transportation fuels? Decide on at least 2-3 sources you will be using in your city.
B. As a team, decide what type of transportation you are planning on using. Here are a few links to new forms of transportation to you to research as a team:
BusinessInsider
BigThink
Wired
NewAtlas
FastCompany
Discover
U.S. Department of Transportation (Looks like a lot of words, but has a lot of really good things for your team to consider)
C. What infrastructure (the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society) do you need to create electricity and the needed transportation fuels? make a list
D. What business can you add to your city, based on the energy sources that you will be using? make a list
HOUSING/BUILDING:
Team Meeting #3
1. As a team, do some research on what makes a "green" or "energy efficient" home and building.
2. You will need to come up with 2 types of houses and 2 types of buildings that would be found in your city.
3. You can either search the internet and find some examples and pick from existing "green" or "energy efficient" homes and buildings or together you can design your own. In any case, you must:
A. Have the natural resources available to build these buildings
B. Be able to identify the features that make these buildings "green" or "energy efficient"
WATER OPTIONS:
Log - in to https://concord.org/\
1. Work through each of the five modules this week. Each day in class you should be doing a different module. If you don't finish the module in class, it becomes homework (you have no other science homework this week).
2. Once you are finished with the modules, meet with your team.
TEAM MEETING
INSTRUCTIONS: Decide who will lead your meeting and help keep members on task. Everyone needs to take notes! When doing research feel free to divide up the work and then report back to each other with what you learned.
QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS AND FIND ANSWERS TO:
What are your major sources of available water?
Which sources of water will you use to supply water to your residents?
How will you recycle water?
Will you put restrictions of any kind on water usage for any subgroup within the population?
What issues do you foresee when it comes to water?
TRANSPORTATION
What means of transportation will be available to your residence?
How energy efficient is each mode of transportation?
As you prepare to become city planners, you will need to know somethings about natural resources. Below are some interactives that will help you and your team prepare to create the best city in the world. Some of the interactives everyone on the team will need to do, while others you will need to decide who will do each one, then each team member will report back to the team with what they learned.
CLIMATE
A. EVERYONE DOES: What is the Future of Earth's Climate?
1. Log - in to https://concord.org/
2. Complete the Pre-Test for HAS Climate Unit
3. Then complete the activity: "What is the Future of Earth's Climate?"
4. TEAM MEETING:
- Discuss what you've learned with your team members
- Work together to: Find out what type of climate your city has based on where it is located in the world. You might want to look at a political map of the world and find the country in which your city will reside to help you find out what kind of climate it has.
- Answer these questions (decide who will research each question and then have members report back to the team their findings. Research one questions should only take about 5-10 minutes max! Be sure to take notes in your science journal - you will need them for your presentation of your city.
- What are the seasons like in your area?
- What type of precipitation will you experience?
- How much precipitation will you received annually?
- What type of natural hazards could happen in your area? (earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, etc.)
- As a team, after finding out this information, do you still want to locate your city in the place you've picked? This is the ONLY time you can change its location. If you decide to change its location, you will need to erase the dot on your map and, move it to the new location.
- Answer these questions (decide who will research each question and then have members report back to the team their findings. Research one questions should only take about 5-10 minutes max! Be sure to take notes in your science journal- you will need them for your presentation of your city.
- How will climate affect your city?
- What are some ideas you and your team have about how to deal with the natural hazards? (Warning systems, shelters, snow removal, etc.)
NATURAL RESOURCES
TEAM MEETING #2
1. As a team, research and find out what type of natural resources are within a 100 mile radius of your city.
2. Make a list of the resources available to you. Next to each item write down whether or not the resource is renewable. HINT: Don't forget to look up.
3. Divide up your list among you and your team members.
4. Research how these natural resources are typically used, and what products these resources are used for in manufacturing.
5. As a team, decide on what the top 5 natural resources you will use and how you will use them.
6. As a team, decide what businesses will be developed in your city to use or maintain these natural resources.
Alternative:
Use one of the following posters to discover what natural resources go into making the product.
Basketballs: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/basketball/
Soda Can: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/aluminum-soda-cans
Cosmetic Packaging: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/cosmetics-packaging
DVDs: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/dvds
Eraser: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/synthetic-rubber-eraser
U.S. Penny: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/us-penny
Rayban Sunglasses: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/rayban-wayfarer
Tesla: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/tesla-model-s
Bracelet: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/gel-bracelets
Velvet: http://www.designlife-cycle.com/velvet
1. Read through the poster.
2. Make a list of the natural resources used and mark an (N) if they are non-renewable or a (R) if they are renewable.
3. Answer the following questions:
- Are there more renewable or non-renewable resources used to make a basketball?
- After looking at this list, do you think it is worth using these materials to make basketballs, explain your answer.
- Can you think of other materials that could possibly be used to replace the non-renewable resources? Make a list.
Sustainable/Green Cities - Read/Write
INDIVIDUAL WORK
It's time to look at some examples of some "green" or "sustainable" cities to help inspire your planning.
1. Please use one of the online science magazine's from the Symbaloo to find an article about a "green city" or a "sustainable city."
2. Read the article carefully.
3. Write a summary explaining the following (must be at least 75 words):
- Where is this city?
- What makes this city "green" and/or "sustainable"?
- Why did this city make these changes?
5. Would you want to live in this city, explain why or why not.
6. What magazine did you use? What is the title of the article? Who is the author? When was the article written?
7. Turn in your answer.
ELECTRICITY/ENERGY OPTIONS:
Log - in to https://concord.org/\
1. Work through each of the five modules this week. Each day in class you should be doing a different module. If you don't finish the module in class, it becomes homework (you have no other science homework this week).
2. Once you are finished with the modules, meet with your team.
TEAM MEETING
INSTRUCTIONS: Decide who will lead your meeting and help keep members on task. Everyone needs to take notes! When doing research feel free to divide up the work and then report back to each other with what you learned.
A. Go through the big list of natural resources that you created previously. Which of these natural resources can you use for energy sources for creating electricity and for transportation fuels? Decide on at least 2-3 sources you will be using in your city.
B. As a team, decide what type of transportation you are planning on using. Here are a few links to new forms of transportation to you to research as a team:
BusinessInsider
BigThink
Wired
NewAtlas
FastCompany
Discover
U.S. Department of Transportation (Looks like a lot of words, but has a lot of really good things for your team to consider)
C. What infrastructure (the basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, and power supplies) needed for the operation of a society) do you need to create electricity and the needed transportation fuels? make a list
D. What business can you add to your city, based on the energy sources that you will be using? make a list
HOUSING/BUILDING:
Team Meeting #3
1. As a team, do some research on what makes a "green" or "energy efficient" home and building.
2. You will need to come up with 2 types of houses and 2 types of buildings that would be found in your city.
3. You can either search the internet and find some examples and pick from existing "green" or "energy efficient" homes and buildings or together you can design your own. In any case, you must:
A. Have the natural resources available to build these buildings
B. Be able to identify the features that make these buildings "green" or "energy efficient"
WATER OPTIONS:
Log - in to https://concord.org/\
1. Work through each of the five modules this week. Each day in class you should be doing a different module. If you don't finish the module in class, it becomes homework (you have no other science homework this week).
2. Once you are finished with the modules, meet with your team.
TEAM MEETING
INSTRUCTIONS: Decide who will lead your meeting and help keep members on task. Everyone needs to take notes! When doing research feel free to divide up the work and then report back to each other with what you learned.
QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS AND FIND ANSWERS TO:
What are your major sources of available water?
Which sources of water will you use to supply water to your residents?
How will you recycle water?
Will you put restrictions of any kind on water usage for any subgroup within the population?
What issues do you foresee when it comes to water?
TRANSPORTATION
What means of transportation will be available to your residence?
How energy efficient is each mode of transportation?
Presenting your CITY
REQUIRED: Create a PowerPoint, a Spark Video, or a Prezi with the following information:
Title Page - picture, who created the city/presentation, name of city
Table of Contents
Location - rationale for picking location, map of location on Earth, picture of area, type of geologic features found
Climate - what type of climate, characteristics of specific climate, how will/is climate change impact your city, what do you think your climate will be like in 50 years?
Weather - Annual weather expected by month, annual total and monthly precipitation, annual average and monthly average temperature, annual average and monthly average humidity, major weather events that can cause issues with your city and how you will attempt to prevent disruption to your city from such natural events.
Natural Resources - What natural resources do you have in the area of your city? How will use use these natural resources? What will they be used for/products that will be produced from your natural resources
Energy - what energy sources do you have available? What sources will you use to furnish electricity to your city?
Transportation - What means of transportation will be available to your city? How will these transportation options affect your renewable and non-renewable resources? Give details about each mode of transport and the energy requirements needed to operate and maintain these modes of transporation
Housing/Buildings - Show 2 housing and 2 building examples that will be found in your city. What natural resources are required to build the buildings/houses? What impact will building have on your natural resources? What planning will your city need to do to make sure that you do not run out of these natural resources? What are the "green" or "energy efficient" features of each house and building? How many people will live in each house? How many people will use/work in each building?
Recreation/Entertainment - What facilities will be found in your city to entertain your residents? What impact will each venue have on the environment? How will people get to the venue? What impact on energy usage will these venues have? What impact on natural resources will these venues have?
Water - What are the major water sources do you have for your city? Which sources will be used to provide water to your population? Is there a chance that water will run low due to weather or long-term climate changes? How will you recycle water? Will there be any restrictions on water uses for any subgroup of your population?
Businesses - What businesses will be found in your city? Does the business exist because of natural resources? If so, explain. What businesses are important to your city? Explain their importance.
Bibliography References - List of sources used to collect images, and information
REQUIRED: Paper Map of your City - shows all of the details outlined above
OPTION FOR EXEMPLARY: Poster illustrating what your city will look like
OPTION FOR EXEMPLARY: Build a 3D version of your city
POSSIBLE OPTION FOR EXEMPLARY: Build a MineCraft version of your city
Title Page - picture, who created the city/presentation, name of city
Table of Contents
Location - rationale for picking location, map of location on Earth, picture of area, type of geologic features found
Climate - what type of climate, characteristics of specific climate, how will/is climate change impact your city, what do you think your climate will be like in 50 years?
Weather - Annual weather expected by month, annual total and monthly precipitation, annual average and monthly average temperature, annual average and monthly average humidity, major weather events that can cause issues with your city and how you will attempt to prevent disruption to your city from such natural events.
Natural Resources - What natural resources do you have in the area of your city? How will use use these natural resources? What will they be used for/products that will be produced from your natural resources
Energy - what energy sources do you have available? What sources will you use to furnish electricity to your city?
Transportation - What means of transportation will be available to your city? How will these transportation options affect your renewable and non-renewable resources? Give details about each mode of transport and the energy requirements needed to operate and maintain these modes of transporation
Housing/Buildings - Show 2 housing and 2 building examples that will be found in your city. What natural resources are required to build the buildings/houses? What impact will building have on your natural resources? What planning will your city need to do to make sure that you do not run out of these natural resources? What are the "green" or "energy efficient" features of each house and building? How many people will live in each house? How many people will use/work in each building?
Recreation/Entertainment - What facilities will be found in your city to entertain your residents? What impact will each venue have on the environment? How will people get to the venue? What impact on energy usage will these venues have? What impact on natural resources will these venues have?
Water - What are the major water sources do you have for your city? Which sources will be used to provide water to your population? Is there a chance that water will run low due to weather or long-term climate changes? How will you recycle water? Will there be any restrictions on water uses for any subgroup of your population?
Businesses - What businesses will be found in your city? Does the business exist because of natural resources? If so, explain. What businesses are important to your city? Explain their importance.
Bibliography References - List of sources used to collect images, and information
REQUIRED: Paper Map of your City - shows all of the details outlined above
OPTION FOR EXEMPLARY: Poster illustrating what your city will look like
OPTION FOR EXEMPLARY: Build a 3D version of your city
POSSIBLE OPTION FOR EXEMPLARY: Build a MineCraft version of your city
RUBRIC FOR PROJECT
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