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Geography · Grade 2

Map Communities and Resources

Natural resources are things from nature that people use: water, soil, trees, rocks and minerals, plants and animals, sunlight and wind. Learners trace products back to the resources they come from, read a resource map with a key, explain why communities grow near resources (with real examples from Illinois and California), and choose ways to conserve resources by reducing, reusing and recycling.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 55 minutes
  • Resources check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, plot points, pin a map, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Name natural resources (water, soil, trees, rocks and minerals, plants and animals, sunlight and wind) and tell them apart from things people make.
  • Trace a product back to the natural resource it is made from.
  • Read a resource map with a key and explain why communities grow near resources.
  • Choose ways to conserve resources by reducing, reusing and recycling.

Lessons

  1. Gifts from nature 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  2. From resource to product 7 steps4 practiceabout 14 min
  3. Resource maps and where towns grow 7 steps3 practiceabout 15 min
  4. Use resources wisely 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  5. Resources check 8 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Pin the PlanetDrag the pin onto wonders, cities and exact latitude and longitude points.
  • Mapmaker QuestFollow directions to make a map, then read its legend, compass rose and scale.

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