Transcript Finding Out About Our Country

Cascarilla Barks
Straw
Beaches
Soil
Sponges
Rocks
• By the end of the lesson the
students will be able to:
• Explain the term natural resources
• List the various types of resources
that are found in The Bahamas and
ways people benefit from them
•Explain why it is important to
protect our natural resources.
•Plan a survey of their school
campus to identify the
resources that are found in
their environment
• Natural resources: Things that are of value that
are provided by nature
• Wild life: wild animals and birds: wild
animals, birds, and other living things,
sometimes including vegetation, living in a
natural undomesticated (untamed or wild)
state
Minerals: mined substance: a naturally
occurring substance that is mined or
removed from the ground
• The natural resources of a country are
all those things provided by nature. The
main natural resources of The
Bahamas are:
• The sea which surrounds our islands,
and the marine life it contains
• The beaches
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The soil
The rocks and minerals
The sun
The wind and rains
The plants, trees and wildlife of our
islands
• Protecting our resources
• We must protect our natural
resources so that future
generations of Bahamians will
benefit from them. We must make
sure that they are not used up,
destroyed or polluted.
How are the resources
in the picture being
destroyed?
1. Think about each of these
resources in turn.
• Get into a group and make a
list of the ways the people of
The Bahamas benefit from
each resource.
• Compare your lists with
those of other groups.
• The Bahamas does not have
many of the natural resources
that other countries have.
Think about other countries
which you have read about or
seen on television.
• What are some of the
resources that The Bahamas
• Something To Do
• Plan a special survey of the area in
which you live to find out about the
resources.
• Make a list of all the natural resources
you can see.
• List the resources of the land or sea
which are being damaged or destroyed
by human activities.
• Something To Do
• Decided on things that should be
done to protect the resources for
the future.
• Make posters to encourage the
community to show respect for
the resources of the area.