British Columbias Natural Resources

Covering BC Education Grade 5 Social Studies & Science Outcomes

Prepared by Kathy Strebchuk and Nancy Gullason, Homeschool Support Teachers

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Included in this unit to be returned:

Natural Resources Unit Study

1. Teachers guide duotang; also available online with clickable links:

http://www.onlineschool.ca/rooms/library/resource_kits/index.php

2. BC, Its Land, Mineral and Water Resources by Sandy Frances Duncan 3. Our Resources (Scholastic) Molly Falconer, Editor. (There are many hands-on activities in this book that can replace activities in this unit.) 4. British Columbia Land and People by Bill MacDonald & Apple Press (This is a consumable workbook an option that adds pencil/paper activities, but can be omitted. Please do not write in the copy we have included. You may order your own copy from Cornerstone Learning or most other homeschool supply stores.) 5. Connections Canada by Daniel Francis & Oxford University Press. (If you cant nd this book, make sure you have Our Resources) 6. Transparency and Provincial Economic Maps (13)

Other Resources you will need:

The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream, by Joanna Cole.
Ask your teacher for the password to the subscriptions, particularly Discovery Education website so you can access the videos mentioned. Discovery Streaming http://my.discoveryeducation.ca/

If you enjoy historical ction we suggest reading one of the following novels. These novels are readily available at many libraries.

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The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Spear. This historical ction covers how the First Nations Peoples respect and use resources. Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder this historical ction novel covers topics such as the use of resources and historic harvesting practices.

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Canada: Our Country

Introduction
This Resource Kit was designed specically to meet the B.C. Education Learning Outcomes for grade 5 Social Studies Natural Resources of B.C. In particular, topics covered are in the areas of Skills and Processes of Social Studies and Environment. This unit also covers the grade 5 science outcomes Renewable and Non-renewable Resources. There are many books in our public library about the vast array of resources found in Canada and, in particular, B.C. Look in the Juvenile Non-Fiction section and sign out a variety of books for your child to use to enhance this unit. British Columbia is a great place to live. It is rich with many natural resources. However in this unit study, we have covered only 3 Mining, Forestry and Fishing. Other resources of great importance in our province include Agriculture, Oil, and Natural Gas. If your particular region is impacted by any of these other resources not covered, I encourage you to read the corresponding sections in the books BC, Its Land, Mineral and Water Resources or Our Resources. Come along and discover the rich resources of British Columbia.

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Helpful Websites

Some websites that you may nd useful in this study include: Fishing Resources Details of BCs shing industry, the history of canneries and salmon: http://www.goldseal.ca/ http://www.gov.bc.ca Type in Fisheries and Seafood in search. Check out the history in pictures and video of the Gulf of Georgia Cannery: http://www.greatcanadianplaces.com/BC/Georgia/index.html Salmon Watch videos of salmon spawning in the Adams River: http://www.vanaqua.org/salmontales/english/picturesvideos/videos.php A picture of the life cycle of salmon: http://www.seymoursalmon.com/lifecycle.php Print a picture of the salmon life cycle: http://www.fs.fed.us/r10/tongass/districts/mendenhall/shcam/images/ lifecycle-small.jpg Learn about exploration, the Fur Trade and The Hudsons Bay Company: http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/intro_e.html Learn about the life cycle of salmon in this National Geographic video: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/sh-animals/ bony-sh/salmon_sockeye.html Watch Grizzlies hunt while salmon swim upstream in this Discovery video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU58t5tgyHc Watch the Grizzly Man Diaries from Discovery: http://animal.discovery.com/videos/the-grizzly-man-diaries-theimportance-of-salmon.html A Grizzly bear mom teaches her cub to sh for salmon: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammalsanimals/bears-and-pandas/bear_grizzly_teachingcubs.html Forestry, Mines, Fishing & Transportation
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Learn about the history of harvesting these resources: http://www.workinglives.ca/hand-logging/index.html Forestry & Logging Learn what it was like to live and work in a logging camp: http://www.camptocommunity.ca/english/index.html Watch a National Geographic video on the rainforests of BC: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/habitatsenvironment/rainforests/vancouver-rainforest.html British Columbia Visit an interactive map of BC showing water, mountains, forests and cities: http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibits/journeys/english/index.html Energy Resources This website teaches about the history and sources of energy, including games and activities: http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/ Explore how your house uses energy in this interactive room: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/ Learn about Green sources of energy: http://www.tvakids.com/electricity/greenpower.htm

Subscription Links

These are websites that you need to buy subscriptions to but Heritage Christian Online School provides these to families free of charge! Please contact your HCOS teacher for passwords. Discovery Education: A good video overview of renewable and non-renewable resources: h t t p : / / p l a y e r. d i s c o v e r y e d u c a t i o n . c o m / i n d e x . c f m ? g u i d A s s e t I d = 2 C 0 D 0 A A 6 C2A6-40DE-8143-7E62BE406ECB&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=U S SAS Curriculum Pathways:
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Research the worlds use of oil and if we can prolong it: http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com BrainPOP: This website has animated videos to watch with quizzes and worksheets to use alongside. The ones listed here are just the tip of the iceberg at this site: Natural Resources: http://s4.brainpop.com/science/ourfragileenvironment/naturalresources/ Gas & Oil: http://s4.brainpop.com/science/energy/gasandoil/ Energy Sources: http://s4.brainpop.com/science/energy/energysources/ Recycling: http://s4.brainpop.com/technology/scienceandindustry/recycling/ RAZ Kids This site has leveled readers for kids of all levels. If a particular book is too difcult for your child to read independently, read it together. You can nd these books by visiting The Bookroom. These particular books have content related to Natural Resources: Earths Water Level G Plight of the Polar Bear Level Q Nature Reuses & Recycles Level R Energy Sources: The Pros & Cons Level Z

Enchanted Learning Map of BC

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/northamerica/canada/ provinces/bc/outlinemap/

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Getting Started
This Resource Kit contains 13 lessons. The lessons vary in length but it is expected that each will take 1 1 hours to complete depending on the activities you choose and the additional activities or reading your child does. The books are easily read by most students however one of the reasons we have chosen to homeschool is to share in the discoveries of learning with our children. We suggest parents read with their child/ren the books suggested.

Vocabulary
This unit suggests your child learn a variety of vocabulary words. We suggest creating a library pocket for your words and dening the words on small cards that will sit in the pocket. Another idea would be to make a lift the ap book for vocab words. Create a pocket for your lapbook and make little cards with denitions for each word to go in the pocket. If you are not making a lapbook, simply dene these words on a sheet of paper inside your notebook. It is very helpful for students to review all previously learned words at the beginning of each lesson. For example, at the start of lesson 2 review any words learned in lesson 1. At the start of lesson 3 review all words learned in lessons 1 and 2, and so on.

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Natural Resources Notebook

As with all our Resource Kits, these materials are meant to be used as a guide. Supplementing with additional reading, library books, and activities will certainly round out your childs education. Use our activities, readings and notebooking ideas as a guideline but do not feel that you must do everything! Have fun. Spend time with your child exploring the amazing wonders of Canada. If you are wishing to cover these outcomes in their entirety it is recommended that you have your student keep a daily notebook of all activities and readings. Digital photographs can be printed and used in the students notebook. Writing daily about what was learned will help the student remember what they did and why things work.

About Lapbooks and Lapbooking

Lapbooking is the term for taking a paper le folder and refolding it so that there are two covers on the front. It is held vertically, with the 11 inch long side being held in a vertical position. It is refolded so that one cover opens to the left and the other cover opens to the right. This lapbook is dedicated to one topic of study. The child then makes miniature books and little folded aps about content of that subject area. Those little books are glued to the inside of this lapbook. Extensions can be made, with card stock paper or tag board paper, to make the lapbook have more surfaces in which to place books. The cover can be decorated.

About Notebooks and Notebooking

The big difference between notebooks and lapbooks is that in lapbooking the information is made into tiny books, which are glued inside of a le folder. With notebooking a child may make little books but they are glued into pages which are 3 hole punched and put inside of a 3 ring binder notebook. Also some people use notebooks like scrapbooks and can add in things like pressed owers, real dried leaves, photographs your family took, et cetera. Notebooking can cover a whole subject such as Provinces and Territories of Canada and may
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hold an inch thick stack of papers, while lapbooking is smaller/thinner and holds less information. Subjects for lapbooking may cover smaller topics such as British Columbia or Provincial Birds of Canada. Below some sites about lapbooking and notebooking are listed for your reference. Homeschoolshare has many free resources! http://www.homeschoolshare.com/lapbooking_resources.php www.knowledgeboxcentral.com Lapbooking 101 http://lapbooking.wordpress.com Lapbook lessons http://www.lapbooklessons.com Flapbooks http://www.unitstudies.com/books/index.aspx **For other lapbook/notebook ideas and templates visit Kathys blog: http://homeschoolheart2heart.wordpress.com/ It is not essential that you make a true notebook or lapbook to complete this unit. What is important is that your child becomes engaged in the learning and does something with the learning. To just read a book is a start but to take that information and do something with it helps the student to learn and remember. Other project ideas are: scrapbooks, lapbooks, notebooks, computer projects, movies, display boards, shoeboxes as dioramas, and so much more. Use your imagination and dig into the topics!

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Lesson 1: Natural Resources, Introduction

1. Read pages 133 & 184-185 in Connections Canada. Dene nonrenewable resource, renewable resource, and natural resource. 2. Create a map of BC use either the overhead transparency to enlarge on poster paper, print out the map of BC from Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/northamerica/canada/ provinces/bc/outlinemap/ or get a road map to hang on your wall. You will be adding information to this map as you work through the lessons. 3. Read Genesis 1 discuss with your family Gods command in Genesis 1:28-31. How does this relate to our natural resources? What do you think God means in His instructions? Do we follow Gods commands about resources or are we abusing them? 4. Fill out a copy of this chart nding 10 examples of things made from natural resources in your home. Print out the chart for your lapbook or notebook, or create a ap book instead of the chart. Forests Minerals Oil & Gas Hydroelectricity

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Lesson 2: Canadas Resources

1. Read pages 134-135 in Connections Canada. 2. Dene imports and exports in your vocabulary list. 3. Using the map on page 135 and the Provincial Resource Cards, choose one of these options: a. Fill out a chart similar to the one below listing the natural resources found in each province. b. Make a ap book listing each provinces natural resources c. Create a map of Canada in your Lapbook similar to the one on page 135 of the textbook. 4. If you have the book British Columbia, Land & People, do Page 26 and 27. 5. Add symbols to your map of BC to indicate the locations of major natural resources in the province.

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Province/Territory British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Newfoundland & Labrador Northwest Territories Yukon Territory Nunavut

Major Resources Found There:

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Lesson 3: Energy Resources, Part I

1. Read pages 137-139 in Connections Canada 2. Read pages 45-46, & 68 Resources. 3. Discuss with your family: a. b. c. d. ways you use energy in your home what are the advantages/disadvantages of each type which energy resource is depended on the most which energy resource has the greatest impact in BC, Its Land, Mineral & Water

Lesson 4: Energy Resources, Part II

1. Visit the links under Energy Resources at the end of this guide. 2. Create a folded ap book for your lapbook, OR create a poster or chart explaining the different types of natural energy resources. Make sure you say whether they are renewable or nonrenewable: a. b. c. d. e. f. Natural gas Oil Hydroelectricity Geothermal energy Wind energy Solar power

3. Make sure you have dened renewable resource, nonrenewable resource and smog. 4. Identify major sources of energy on your map of BC the locations of dams, wind farms, etc. 5. If a hydroelectric dam or wind-farm is near you, have a visit.

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Lesson 5: Fishing, Part I

1. Learn about the shing industry in BC by reading page 154-157 in Connections Canada. 2. Make a ap book of the ve types of salmon caught in BC and write one interesting fact about each.

Lesson 6: Fishing, Part II

1. If available from a library, read the Magic School Bus book, The Magic School Bus Goes Upstream, by Joanna Cole. Draw a salmon lifecycle chart to add to your notebook. 2. Visit the Fishing and Salmon links at the end of this guide. 3. Read pages 158-160 in Connections Canada. 4. Locate hatcheries and canneries and add them to your map of BC. 5. Visit a sh/salmon hatchery or cannery if possible.

Lesson 7: Fishing, Part III

1. Read pages 69-71, in BC, Its Land, Mineral & Water Resources 2. Read pages 32-35 in Our Resources 3. Make a apbook or chart about the history of First Nation use of sh in BC. a. What kind of sea creatures did they catch?
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b. What did they use sh for? c. How did they harvest the sh? d. How did they show respect for this natural resource? 4. Look at First Nations art. They often use sh in their pictures. Photocopy and colour one of the pictures at the end of this unit to add to your notebook.

Lesson 8: Fishing, Part IV

1. Collect pictures and information on the use of hatcheries and the controversy surrounding them. Read page 158-160 in Connections Canada and use any pages already read in lessons 5-7 to help you complete one of these activities: a. Write a paragraph describing salmon hatcheries and what they are used for. Explain if you think they are a good idea and support your answer with well thought-out reasons. Include in your lapbook or notebook. b. Create a apbook instead of writing a paragraph with information about salmon hatcheries. c. Create a similar chart to the one below and complete. Paste it in your lapbook or notebook. 2. Dene commercial shing, sport shing, gang knives. Innovation in the Industry Salt brine in barrels Freezing sh Gang Knives Canning sh Automatic Can making machine Smith Butchering Machine Effect on the Industry

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Lesson 9: Forestry, Part I

1. Read pages 188-190 in Connections Canada about the Forestry Industry in BC. 2. Read pages 12-13 in Our Resources OR read pages 5-7, 15-22 in BC, Its Land, Mineral & Water Resources. 3. Do pages 24-25 in BC Land & People 4. Dene clear-cutting 5. Tour a sawmill, OSB Plant, or Pulp Mill in your area. 6. Add the Forestry resource to regions of your BC map

Lesson 10: Forestry, Part II

1. Visit the various Forestry resources from the links at end of this guide. 2. Read pages 14-17 in Our Resources. 3. Create a apbook or chart in your notebook about Forestry. Use the information you have read in lessons 9 & 10 to ll in the information. Make sections describing: a. b. c. d. First nations use of forestry Old logging practices and tools Modern logging practices and tools Effects on the environment & community (good & bad)

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Lesson 11: Mining, Part I

1. Read about mining in BC: a. Read Chapter 4 & 5 in BC, Its Land, Mineral & Water Resources b. Read pages 8-11 in Our Resources 2. Do page 28 in BC Land & People. 3. Add some mines to your BC map. 4. Visit a local mine if possible.

Lesson 12: Mining, Part II

1. Visit Mining links at the end of this guide. 2. Make a apbook or chart for your notebook with sections describing: a. b. c. d. First nations use of rocks & minerals Old mining practices Modern mining practices Effects on the environment & community (good & bad)

Lesson 13: Responsible Use

1. Read about the three Rs on pages 192-196 in Connections Canada. Research recycling in your community: Is it available? What can be recycled? Do you have curbside pickup? Discuss this together as a family. 2. Three Rs Activity - Look at the list of materials in the box below. Add six more familiar items that you have in your house.
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Paper (lined or unlined) Water Pop can Plastic grocery bag Jam jar Syrofoam meat tray Newspaper Juice carton Decide if these items can be recycled, reused, or reduced. Write the name of each object in the appropriate category on the following chart (some may t in more than one). In the notes column, write your ideas for how to handle the item. Print the chart for your lapbook or notebook. Reduce Reuse Recycle Notes

Lesson 14: Wrap-Up

1. Make sure you have dened these Vocabulary Words. Add any other words you have learned that you feel are important. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. Commercial shing sport shing exports imports gang knives natural resources smog non-renewable resources renewable resources clear cutting

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2. Revisit Genesis 1 and your discussion about Gods intended use of natural resources. Have your opinions changed? Will you do anything differently? Email your teacher about what you have learned about Natural Resources and any plans you have made to change.

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Learning Outcomes Covered in this Unit

Social Studies 5 analyse environmental effects of settlement in early BC and Canada describe the location of natural resources within BC and Canada, including - sh and marine resources - forests - minerals - energy resources explain why sustainability is important analyse the relationship between the economic development of communities and their available resources *as well as some processes of Social Studies Science 5: analyse how BC's living and non-living resources are used analyse how the Aboriginal concept of interconnectedness of the environment is reected in responsibility for and caretaking of resources describe potential environmental impacts of using BC's living and non-living resources identify methods of extracting or harvesting and processing BC's resources

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