Teaching Earth’s resources

By Harry Lord2024-03-04T07:28:00

The globe with images of quarrying linked to Spain, mining to Guinea, an industrial plant to Germany and an oil rig to Saudi Arabia.

Source: © Dan Bright

Everything you need to help your 11–14 learners grasp the importance of finite and renewable resources

Help your younger students grasp what resources the Earth provides for our daily lives and what finite and renewable resources are. Display the poster in your classroom and use the fact sheet to help your 11–14 year-old students learn all about the Earth’s resources. Download the scaffolded worksheet activities including global context calculations for oil production. Suitable for key stage 3 and S1–3.

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