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Geography · Grade 6

Water, Food and Resource Geography

Learners find out how little of Earth's water is fresh and reachable, why some places run short, and what dams, wells, irrigation and desalination cost as well as give. They explain where the world's staple foods are grown, classify resources as renewable or non-renewable, and investigate why valuable resources such as cobalt and oil are concentrated in a few places, ending with a written recommendation for a water-short region.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 95 minutes
  • Water, food and resources check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, pin a map, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Describe where Earth's water is stored and explain the water cycle as a renewable supply of fresh water.
  • Distinguish physical from economic water scarcity and weigh the benefits and costs of ways to manage water.
  • Explain where major food crops are grown using climate, soil, relief and farming type.
  • Classify resources as renewable or non-renewable and explain how their uneven distribution affects places and people.

Lessons

  1. How much water can we actually use? 7 steps4 practiceabout 22 min
  2. Water scarcity and its solutions 7 steps5 practiceabout 25 min
  3. Where our food is grown 6 steps4 practiceabout 22 min
  4. Resources: renewable, non-renewable and unevenly shared 6 steps3 practiceabout 22 min
  5. Water, food and resources check 10 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.
  • Route PlannerFind the shortest way around town, dodge closed roads, and measure trips with a scale bar.

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