c/c_Social Studies_Grade 5_Les ressources et le développement économique dans différentes régions du Canada

Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
resources and economic development in different regions of Canada
Elaboration
  • Sample activities:
    • Use maps to describe the location of natural resources in Canada in relation to characteristics of physical geography (e.g., fish on the coasts, mineral resources in the Canadian Shield)
    • Identify significant natural resources in BC and Canada, including:
    • fish and marine resources
    • forests
    • minerals (e.g., diamonds, gold, asbestos, tin, copper)
    • energy resources (e.g., natural gas, petroleum, coal, hydro)
  • Key questions:
    • What natural resources are most important to the economy of your community?
    • How has technology affected the discovery, extraction, processing, and marketing of selected natural resources?
keywords
resources and economic development in different regions of Canada