Resources: Mining & Limited Supply

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QUICK VIEW

  • HW: My Rules for Resources

  • DN: What is mining?

  • Reminders: Take care of your plants.

LESSON OUTLINE

5min< Students complete the Do Now by answering the question.

15min Mining Modeling. Students mine for chocolate chips. Extracted chips are evaluated quality and total amount. Class discussion on mining waste.

15-20min Resource Limited Supply. Class is divided into generations with the first and smallest generation getting access first, followed by the larger 2nd generation, and finally the much larger third generation. Class discussion on resource limitations and conservation for future generations.

10min My Rules for Resources. Students write 3 rules to preserve an amazing, but limited, new resource for 1000 years.

5min Collect materials. Clean up. Wrap up.

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