Scheme of Work for Component 2, Topic 6: Resource management Place Integrated Lessons Learning Content (vocabulary, Teaching activities and resources exemplification skills objectives concepts, processes, ideas) Resource Management Overview 2 lessons Key idea 6.1: 6.1a Starter (2 hours) A natural Natural resources can be Match-up Provide students with the key words abiotic, – – resource is any defined and classified in biotic, renewable and non-renewable. Students match the feature or part of different ways (biotic, key word to the correct definition. the environment abiotic, renewable and that can be used non-renewable). Review responses and discuss any misconceptions. to meet 6.1b needs. Ways in which people Main activity exploit environments in Divide students into groups of four and allocate them one of order to obtain water, the ways in which people exploit environments – Suggested food and energy overfishing, oil extraction, deforestation. learning (extraction of fossil Provide information packs on the different exploitation objectives: fuels, fishing, farming types. To know how and deforestation). Oil extraction in Ecuador the WWF website have a – natural of resources for students to use. resources can 6.1c Overfishing the Greenpeace website could be used – be defined and How environments are for relevant information. classified in changed by this Deforestation in Cameroon the Save Wildlife – different ways exploitation (reduced website provides a detailed overview of biodiversity, soil erosion deforestation in the country. To have an and reduced water and awareness of air quality). First lesson the ways people Using the information either provided by the teacher or exploit from internet research, students produce a two-minute environments in Key words: speech. The speech is written as a representative for the order to obtain prospective country outlining the ways the environment has Exploitation water, food and been exploited and the impact this has had on their Biodiversity energy. environment. Deforestation To understand Second lesson Renewable how Students spend the first part of the second lesson finishing Non-renewable environments their speeches. Then students present their speeches to the are changed rest of the group. During the speeches the students make
Scheme of Work for Component 2, Topic 6: Resource management Lessons Learning objectives Content (vocabulary, concepts, processes, ideas) Place exemplification Integrated skills Teaching activities and resources Resource Management Overview 2 lessons (2 hours) Key idea 6.1: A natural resource is any feature or part of the environment that can be used to meet needs. Suggested learning objectives: To know how natural resources can be defined and classified in different ways To have an awareness of the ways people exploit environments in order to obtain water, food and energy. To understand how environments are changed 6.1a Natural resources can be defined and classified in different ways (biotic, abiotic, renewable and non-renewable). 6.1b Ways in which people exploit environments in order to obtain water, food and energy (extraction of fossil fuels, fishing, farming and deforestation). 6.1c How environments are changed by this exploitation (reduced biodiversity, soil erosion and reduced water and air quality). Key words: Exploitation Biodiversity Deforestation Renewable Non-renewable Starter Match-up – Provide students with the key words – abiotic, biotic, renewable and non-renewable. Students match the key word to the correct definition. Review responses and discuss any misconceptions. Main activity Divide students into groups of four and allocate them one of the ways in which people exploit environments – overfishing, oil extraction, deforestation. Provide information packs on the different exploitation types. Oil extraction in Ecuador – the WWF website have a of resources for students to use. Overfishing – the Greenpeace website could be used for relevant information. Deforestation in Cameroon – the Save Wildlife website provides a detailed overview of deforestation in the country. First lesson Using the information either provided by the teacher or from internet research, students produce a two-minute speech. The speech is written as a representative for the prospective country outlining the ways the environment has been exploited and the impact this has had on their environment. Second lesson Students spend the first part of the second lesson finishing their speeches. Then students present their speeches to the rest of the group. During the speeches the students make
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