Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 7, Geography Std 12: Describe the problems involved in balancing the impact of human habitation on the environment and the need for natural resources essential for sustaining human life.

Lesson Plans: Use or Abuse: Analyzing Human Impact on the Use Value of Nature’s Resources In this lesson, students understand the meaning of “use value” of nature’s resources by researching and writing children’s books personifying an aspect of nature. They then apply their knowledge to understanding use value in their local communities and producing public service announcements. Waste Not, Want Not: Examining Waste Management at the Community Level In this lesson, students consider the types of debris that litters beaches and conduct research on waste management. They then interview professionals in a particular field of waste management and write reports for a booklet about garbage and sewage to be given to the school's library or local town hall. Crude Conversation This activity requires students to analyze text and maps in order to determine the effect the world's energy resources have on human society. Rich, Poor, or Somewhere in the Middle This lesson offers students an opportunity to use economic and social indicators to identify the connection between a country’s access to resources and its economic development. The Powers That Be: Examining the Legislation Underlying U.S. Energy Policies Since 1970 In this lesson, students investigate past energy legislation, then write letters to Congress from the perspective of citizens trying to influence the original passage of these bills. Weathering the Weather: Exploring the Effects of Global Warming on Your Community In this lesson, students investigate global warming through initial discussion of recent findings regarding weather patterns. Students act as city planning 'committees' concerned with how the trends in global warming will affect the agriculture, industries and other aspects of their city.

Resources: Human Impacts on Biodiversity An Information Bulletin on Environmental Change Explore the Rainforest Examine Borneo at night and consider the consequences of a reduction in biodiversity due to deforestation.
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