Types of Resources  Renewable  Non-renewable  Make a list of five non-renewable resources with the people at your table. Then make a list of five renewable resources.  Discuss

How: Rare & Precious Minerals  Usually concentrated near igneous rock – a place where molten rock has filled cracks in the earth’s crust.  Compressed between layers of igneous rock, the minerals change into precious- more-dense metals.  Sometimes mix with water molecules.

Types of Mining  Hard rock mining involves digging in igneous and metamorphic rock Usually to get iron, gold, silver etc.  Soft rock mining involves digging in sedimentary rock Usually to get soft materials like coal, oil and potash

Ekati Diamond Mine  Ekati Diamond mine is located in an igneous and metamorphic zone. What kind of mining is done here?

How: Oil and Natural Gas  Over millions of years, tiny animals called plankton died and were caught between layers of soil.  Contain lots of CO2 and over time, bacteria and heat (100C) broke down the plankton into kerogen and eventually oil.

Oil  Useful oil resources are found when fossil fuels accumulate within porous rock.  The lower layers of rock usually have high concentrations of salt, which block the seepage of oil deeper.

Oil Jigsaw  You will be given one of three readings.  You will be divided into expert groups and will answer the questions associated with your reading.  You will be reassigned to new groups. You will teach the people in your new groups what you have learned.

Four Corners Oil Sands  The oil sands are a good thing for Canada.  Choose which corner you belong in and come up with two points to support your opinion.

Watch the VID  Mining Coltan in the DRC Mining Coltan in the DRC Who profits from Coltan mining? How young are some workers? What do they get paid? What are some of the dangers for the miners?