Human Use of a Living Resource: The Forest

Lesson Overview

Learning Outcome

• Students will learn to describe living and non-living resources in the environment and apply this to their local area.
• Students will learn to identify natural and human uses of the forest.
• Students will learn to define the terms renewable and non-renewable resources and sustainability.

Question

• What is a living resource? What is a non-living resource?
• How do humans use a living resource?
• What are the differences between renewable and non-renewable resources?
• How can a resource be sustainable?

Setting the Stage

Part 1 & 2: (Time: 30 minutes)

• Students will do a brainstorming exercise on natural and human use of our forests (Activity Worksheet #1).
• Following the above session, students will examine the poster "Between the Stands" to make observations of natural and human use of the forest. They will add information to Activity sheet #1.

Part 3: (Time: 40-45 minutes)

• Students will view a 15 minute video entitled "The Miracle Resource" to determine differences between renewable and non-renewable resources, sustainability of a resource and the products provided by the forest (Activity sheet #2).

Materials Needed

• Poster "Between the Stands"
• Video: "The Miracle Resource"/summary
• Activity Worksheets: #1 and #2
• Quiz: Human Use of a Living Resource: The Forest

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