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Treasure Hunt in Michigan Lesson Plan Treasure Hunt in Michigan Author: Marty Mater Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations 3-G1.0.1 Use thematic maps to identify and Lesson Overview: Michigan’s rich natural describe the physical and human characteristics resources have greatly influenced where people of Michigan live and what work they do. In this lesson 3-G4.0.1 Describe major kinds of economic students locate Michigan’s resources, learn how activity in Michigan today and explain factors they have been used, and consider the influencing the location of these economic consequences of those uses. activities. 3-G5.0.1 Locate natural resources in Michigan Essential Questions: and explain the consequences of their use. What are the valuable natural resources 3-E1.0.3 Analyze how Michigan’s location and in Michigan? natural resources influenced its economic Where are they located? development (i.e. How waterways and other What industries have developed because natural resources have influenced economic of the natural resources of Michigan? activities) Objectives: Students will be able to: National Geography Standards Locate natural resources of Michigan Standard 4: The physical and human today characteristics of places Describe the uses of natural resources in Standard 16: The changes that occur in the Michigan and the Great Lakes Region meaning, use, distribution, and importance of and the consequences of these uses. resources Explain how Michigan’s natural resources influenced the development of mining, lumbering, and manufacturing. Teacher Background Notes Subject/Grade Level: Social Studies, 3-4 Important natural resources in the state of Student Materials (Included) Michigan include water, fertile soil (for farming and forests), minerals (iron, copper, Student worksheets: Uses of Michigan’s limestone, gypsum), and salt. Oil and natural Natural Resources; Michigan’s gas are also found in Michigan. While other Natural Resource Map; Human states had mineral and other natural resources, Activities; Treasure Hunt in Michigan Michigan had an additional advantage as a Student resources: Resource Information Great Lakes state. Water transportation is the Cards; General Land Uses in the Great least expensive means to move heavy bulky Lakes (map); Location of Resources in natural resources, such as iron ore and copper. Michigan Many of Michigan’s minerals were near the Provided by teacher: Michigan maps; Great Lakes and it was possible to ship them colored pencils by lake freighter long before towns in other Teacher Materials: states had railways or highways. The Resource labels combination of natural resources and the water transportation to ship resources and goods has Answer keys benefited Michigan. Resource Background notes Treasure Hunt PPT See also Resource Background notes Procedure: 1. Divide the class into groups of 3-4 students. Pass one set of 12 resource information cards (Resource #1) and Worksheet #1, “Uses of Michigan’s Natural Resources” to each group. Students take turns reading the resource cards, listening for the uses of the resources, and completing the first two columns on worksheet #1 as a group. (Alternatively: set up samples of resources with resource card and let groups visit each display to fill in worksheet) 2. Bring the class together and, using the answer key, discuss the uses of each resource. Students may predict where in Michigan these resources may be found to prepare for activity #6 below. 3. Show the class Resource #2, “General Land Uses in the Great Lakes” and discuss the legend/ key. Distribute Map/worksheet #2, “Michigan’s Natural Resources” to each student and ask them to color and label forest and agriculture land, and to make a key for the map. Discuss where urban areas are located and why they are located there 4. Ask groups to suggest answers to the following questions about the human activities (and related economic development) that results from the use of the natural resources in these land areas: forest, agriculture, and urban areas: a. What are the human activities that occur for this land use? b. How do the water ways and natural resources influence how humans use the land and what they produce on this land? (Economic activities.) c. What might be the consequences of using the land in this way? Develop a class chart of this information or use Worksheet #3: Human Activities, Economic Development, and Consequences of Land Use. See answer key with possible answers. (Not all of these answers need to be written to gain the major ideas.) Boldface words are key economic concepts. 5. Distribute a set of printed address labels and Resource # 3 to each student. Alternatively, use blank labels and ask students to write the resources they remember before passing out Resource #3. (Possible assessment activity) Direct them to find the locations of the natural resources using Student Resources #1 and # 3 “Location of Resources in Michigan” and a Michigan map (teacher-supplied road map or Michigan map with major cities in MI.) Students can complete worksheet 1 and place their printed or handwritten labels on their own Map/Worksheet #2. Note: Gypsum is found in several places; hence 2 labels. 6. Discuss the following with the class or use student worksheet #4, “Treasure Hunt in Michigan” a. What are our most valuable natural resources today? (List all but copper, coal and gold) b. Which of these resources are non-renewable, that is, we can use them up? (copper, gold, coal, gypsum, oil, natural gas, gravel, limestone, iron, salt, sand) Some, like copper, are recyclable. c. Which of these resources are least valuable in Michigan today? (copper, coal, gold and silver are not plentiful enough in Michigan or useable enough today to be very valuable) d. Which of our valuable resources are used in manufacturing? (gypsum, oil, limestone, iron, gravel, sand, timber) e. Where are most manufacturing plants located in Michigan? (urban areas, lower peninsula) f. How do manufacturing plants get the resources they need? (shipping on the Great Lakes, trucking on our highways) 7. Group assignment: Using the maps, student resources, and what students have learned, each group should produce a poster, picture book, or skit about one of the valuable resources in Michigan. Include location of resource; at least one use; a flow chart of economic activities associated with the resource (e.g., forests >paper mills >newspapers; water >fishing industry >restaurants), and the location of an economic activity. Students should be encouraged to pursue additional materials that tell the story of Michigan’s resources and how they are used. Possible additional information could include consequences of misuse of resource. Assessment 1. Alternative Activity #5 may be used an assessment. 2. The completed map (Activity #6) is a formative assessment of the student’s capacity to locate natural resources of Michigan. (Should include resources in correct locations; correct land uses with legend) 3. The poster, skit or picture book may be used to assess student conceptual knowledge. (Should include information about resource and resulting economic activities) 4. Individual writing activity: Each student should choose a resource and produce either a poster or picture book which describes location (both where it is found, and where it is used), at least one use, and a human or economic activity resulting from this resource (e.g., iron is found in western upper peninsula, and is shipped to the manufacturing plants in southeast Michigan for producing cars). Encourage students to pursue additional materials that tell the story of Michigan’s resources and how they are used. References General Land Uses of The Great Lakes map: Adapted from The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book. Jointly produced by the Government of Canada and the U. S, Environmental Protection Agency, 1995. More information can be found at www.on.ec.gc.ca/great-lakes-atlas/intro.htm Resource Background Notes: 1. Fertile Soil and Forests. Good soil was brought from Canada and northern Michigan by the glaciers to southern Michigan. Agriculture is Michigan’s 2nd most valuable industry because of this soil and a varied climate due to the Great Lakes. Michigan is number one in production of tart cherries, blueberries, cucumbers for pickles, and many other crops. Even in the northern lower and Upper Peninsula, the soil and climate encourages the growth of forests, another valuable resource in Michigan. Wood is used in the manufacturing of paper and wood products, and can be used for generating energy and as fuel. 2. Copper was deposited in this area nearly 1 billion years ago. It is one of the first metals known to humans and one of the most useful. It is the best low-cost conductor of electricity (wiring) and heat (pots and pans). It is easy to shape, and will not rust (pipes and plumbing fixtures). It is a nonrenewable resource. The Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan has produced over 14 billion pounds since 1845, but mining ceased in 1969. Arizona leads the nation in copper production. Copper deposits are located in the Keweenaw Peninsula. 3. Gold was deposited about 2.5 billion years ago. It is used for money, jewelry and dental work. There is little gold left in the Ropes Mine in the southwestern UP, and it’s not being mined at present because it is too expensive to recover. Silver has also been found in Michigan, usually along with the copper mines in northern Michigan. 4. Soft Coal was formed in the central Lower Peninsula about 300 million years ago, from the remains of plants and animals. It is used for fuel (mostly for electric power plants), heat, and as coke in the manufacturing process (mainly of steel). Any coal remaining in Michigan is too poor in quality to be economically useful now. 5. Gypsum is a non-metallic mineral, found in rock form. Evaporation of the saltwater seas that covered Michigan 300 million years ago was responsible for Michigan’s gypsum deposits, which are among the richest in the world.
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