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Natural Resources: Ketchup Day

  • HW: Study for quiz.

  • DN: How long before weathering and erosion bring ore to the surface?

  • Reminders: Notebook check soon.

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  • HW: Study for quiz.

  • DN: How long before weathering and erosion bring ore to the surface?

  • Reminders: Notebook check soon.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

5min Volunteer Presentations

25min Review Games

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Natural Resources: Wasteful Practices

  • CW/HW: Trucks 7 Slides Presentation.

  • DN: What are ways we waste fossil fuels?

  • Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.

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  • CW/HW: Trucks 7 Slides Presentation.

  • DN: What are ways we waste fossil fuels?

  • Reminders: Quiz on Wednesday.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

10min Examine & Discuss Cyanotype Results (from day prior).

5min Brief History Account of CAFE rules and impact on car manufacturing.

20min Trucks 7 Slides Presentation. Students use resources to address questions following the simplified quick presentation slide style (Bad Example, Good Example 1, & Good Example 2). Each question must be answered using numbers except the first slide (title) and the last slide (which is an opinion).

The following questions need to be answered in your presentation/slideshow. Make sure to follow the rules for a presentation.

Leading Questions:
1. How have trucks changed?*
2. What are they mostly used for?*
3. How are they inefficient?*
4. How do they increase fatalities and endanger people?*
5. [Last Slide] What's your solution? (This is an opinion it doesn't need to be backed up with numbers.)

* Requires numbers.

Resources:
https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-history
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FS0dGLXXEAQM7WD?format=jpg&name=large
https://diminishedvalueofgeorgia.com/wp-content/uploads/How-the-Ford-F-150s-design-has-changed-over-the-years.png
https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-size-pickup-truck-you-need-a-cowboy-costume
https://www.carscoops.com/2023/04/japanese-mini-trucks-are-becoming-increasingly-popular-among-rural-americans/
https://jalopnik.com/here-is-the-organization-behind-the-many-states-banning-1848104429
https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/opinion/opinion-cars-have-a-weight-problem-and-its-damaging-more-than-the-environment/
https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-loophole-that-made-cars-in-america

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Natural Resources: (Ground)Water

  • CW/HW: [1] Water video notes p84. [2] Flashcards.

  • DN: How long does it take to make a useful amount of soil?

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  • CW/HW: [1] Water video notes p84. [2] Flashcards.

  • DN: How long does it take to make a useful amount of soil?

RESOURCES

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

20min INGO. Class plays one round of INGO. Teacher goes over vocabulary words used for INGO game. Class plays multiple games of INGO.

10min Flashcards. Students turn INGO sheet into 16 flashcards with definitions on the back. (Fossil Fuel, Soil, Groundwater, Ore, Nonrenewable, Renewable, 500-1000 years, 100 Million years, Lichen, Aquifer, Energy, Subduction Zones, 1000 years, Million years, Swamp/Marsh, Cattle/Cows, Tilling, Natural Resources, Tools/Shelter, Food/Air)

10min Water Video Notes. Take notes (main points, facts, etc.) on each water video on p84.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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Natural Resources: Soil

  • CW: Video notes on bottom of p82.

  • DN: What is lichen?

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  • CW: Video notes on bottom of p82.

  • DN: What is lichen?

RESOURCES

LESSON OUTLINE

5min Students complete the Do Now.

15min Generational Resource Use Modeling. A new resource has been discovered. How will that resource be used across generations?

5min Discussion on resource use.

15min Video Notes on bottom of p80.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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