Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes

Building Locational Knowledge: Europe

Water, Weather and Climate

Building Locational Knowledge: North America

Rivers

Building Locational Knowledge: United Kingdom

Migration

Building Locational Knowledge: Hemispheres and Tropics

Natural Resources

Building Locational Knowledge: South America

Local Fieldwork

Biomes

Energy and Sustainability

Population

Globalisation

Geography

Y4 Geography

Key Stage 2

Year 4

UNIT

In this lesson, we will begin by studying the world's different natural resources, defining what they are and studying what they are used for. We will finish by analysing in which countries these resources can be found.

What are the world's natural resources?

﻿Hello there my friends and welcome to our very first lesson on this unit which is all about natural resources. My name is Mr. Pedroza and in our lesson today we're going to be tackling this following question which is what are the world's natural resources? So this is what we're going to do today in our lesson today. First, we're going to begin with our star words. So we're going to to share some key vocabulary. Then we're going to talk about natural resources and I'm going to explain what they are. Then I'm going to tell you what they are used for. And then lastly, we're going to learn where some natural resources can be found. So in which parts of the world can you find certain natural resources? And then at the very end, it's your end of lesson quiz, which is going to help you to retain all the information that we are going to learn. Things that you're going to need today. In this lesson, you're going to need your exercise book or piece of paper, you're going to need a pencil or a pen and then you're going to need your brain. So if you want to pause this video to get those things you can do so now. Let's rock and roll. So let's have a look at the key vocabulary for today in this lesson. So we get natural resources and natural resources are materials in the natural environment that are useful for humans and most natural resources are unevenly distributed around the world and are exhaustible. Exhaustible, your turn then my turn, exhaustible good job. And exhaustible means a material that will run out and will not last forever. That means it is non-renewable. You cannot create it again. So a material that is exhaustible will run out and will not last forever. Something that will not last forever means it's exhaustible. And then lastly, we got renewable, my turn then your turn, renewable, renewable good job. And renewable is a material that will keep being generated. An example of this can include maybe fish, maybe forest and renewable sources can become exhaustible. So they will run out without careful management. So three words are natural resources, exhaustible and renew. So what are natural resources? So natural resources are materials in the natural environment. So things that are around us that are very useful to humans and most natural resources are unevenly distributed around the world, meaning that in some places you have more than one material than in other places. Natural resources are exhaustible. That means that they will eventually run out and they won't last forever. That means that if we use too much of them they're going to run out and we're not going to be able to replenish them. Now, natural resources are commodities and they exist without any action for human beings that they are present in nature without our input. So first question, this is a true or false. So natural resources are exhaustible meaning that they will eventually run out. Is that true or is that false? If you're not sure, go back in the video, go back to the previous slide and then have a look for the answer. So natural resources are exhaustible meaning that they will actually run out. Is that true or is that false? Have a go. Yes, let's have a look then. So natural resources are exhaustible meaning that they will eventually run out. Is that true or is that false? It is true, well done if you've got that right. Remember the natural resources will eventually run out. They're not going to last forever so they are non renewable. Let's learn a little bit more about natural resources and natural resources are the raw materials which humans use to produce and manufacturer all of the products that they use. So these are manufacturing and the price of natural resources varies on how rare they are to find, how easy is to extract them, how easy it is to get them and their quality and the demand. So those are the things that have an impact on the price of natural resources. Now, these resources are very valuable and they're an important way for lots of countries to make some money, to make some income. And they do that by selling them or by using them to create other products that can be sold for money. So natural resources that are used as raw materials and humans use them for manufacturing. The price of natural resources, it varies depending on how rare, how easy it is to find them, how easy it is to extract them, their quality and their demand. So how many people actually want to use those resources. And they're valuable to countries because they are an important source of income. So let's look at the second question in the second task. So natural resources, so I'm going to read the blank and then I'm going to tell you what the four words are that could go in those blank spaces. So natural resources are the materials which used to produce and manufacture all of that we use. Natural resources are very as they are an important source of for many countries. So have a go, think about what words go in that. So the options are raw, product, valuable and income. Where do you think those words might go? Once you think you've done that then read it back and see if it makes sense. So at this point, pause the video and then have a go. Okay, let's check the answers. Are you ready? So natural resources are the raw materials which are used to produce and manufacturer all of the products that we use. Natural resources are very valuable as they are an important source of income. So it's an important source of money for many countries. Great job guys. At this point, I'm going to make it really big and I'll leave it up so that you can tic or fix your work. Awesome job, okay. So now that we know what natural resources are let's find out what they are used for. So, we got air and air is a natural resource and air is really important because it's used for breathing and photosynthesis which is the process by which a green plant use the sunlight to change water and carbon dioxide into food for itself. And I don't need to tell you how important that is because without plants there wouldn't be any life. Now, another natural resources is also cobalt and cobalt is a metal that is used primarily for making engines. Another one, very similar in terms of name is coltan and coltan is used for manufacturing, electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Then we got this group of natural resources which come in the one bracket so that these are coal, oil and gas and they are known as fossil fuels. And they are used in the production of energy. Then lastly, we have iron and iron is a metal which is used to make stainless steel that you might use for example in knives and forks. So five natural resources that we might find are air, cobalt, coltan, fossil fuels and iron. So let's have a look at this question. So what are they used for? So in this section, what I want you to do is I want you to fill in the missing words. If you need to, go back to the previous slide. So scroll the video back to the previous slide and then have a go. So again, I'm going to read the blanks. So cobalt is a metal used for building. Coltan is also, and it's used for making electronic devices. Fossil fuels, such as coal and are used for producing. It's really difficult not to say the answer when I'm saying the blanks. So again, at this point, pause the video and then have a go answering those questions, fill in the blanks. Okay, let's check the answers. I'm excited, right you ready? So cobalt is a metal used for building engines, good job. And coltan is also a metal. Remember cobalt and coltan are metals and it's used for making electronic devices. So fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil are used for producing energy. Great job guys. I'm so impressed by a great start you made to this lesson. So again, I'm going to leave it up so you can tic or fix your work. Guys, you're impressing me, let's keep going. Okay, so again, we're going to learn a little bit more about some different natural resources. So here we got phosphorite and phosphorite is a fertiliser that you use in agriculture and it's used for farming and it's a type of rock. Then we got soil. I mean, timber and timber is a biomass and timber is mainly used in construction. So for building homes but also for burning fuel. Then we got soil and soil is also a biomass. So timber and soil are examples of biomass and soil of course it's used in agriculture, is used in farming. Then you have uranium, always be fascinated by uranium. And uranium is a type of metal. And it's mainly used in the production of nuclear energy at nuclear power plants. Lastly, but importantly, we have water. Water is natural resource and water is a liquid and it's vital for sustaining life on the planet. So we got phosphorite which is a type of rock. And it's a fertiliser is used for growing things. Then we got timber and soil which are examples of biomass. Biomass is a plant or animal material which is used for energy production. Remember that timber is used in construction but also for energy and soil is used for farming. Then we have uranium which is a type of metal, good job. And uranium is used in nuclear energy production. And they've got water which is a liquid which sustains life on the planet. So in this one what we need to do this is a matching game. So you can match the resource to what it's used for. So we got the type of resource on the left. So you got water, uranium, timber, soil and phosphorite. And then we've got the uses on the right hand side. So we've got building homes, fertiliser, farming, nuclear energy and sustaining life. So what I want you to do is match them up. Have a go. Right, let's keep going. Let's see if you most got those right. I know that you did. Okay, number one, ready? It's water and water is used for sustaining life. Then we got uranium which is a metal and it's used in nuclear energy production. Then we've got timber which is used in construction but also in making fuel, in making energy. Soil is used for farming of course. And phosphorite is used as a fertiliser. So again, I'm going to leave it up so you can tic or fix your work. Great job guys. Okay, let's take a look and see where these resources can be found. So where are they found? So many resources are only found in certain places because of the way the earth formed. So for example, diamonds can be mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is in central Africa and in South Africa but not in the UK. And this is because the important processes that produce diamonds do not occur everywhere. They tend to occur in certain places. Humans have to take care of the natural resources because lots of them are running out as the earth is not able to replace them. Many natural resources take millions of years to form. So a good example of that is fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. They're taking millions of years to form. And because humans are using them at such a fast rate, it is speculated, it's projected that we will run out of them sometime in the near future. So for example, oil is said to be running out in around 50 to a hundred years time. And that's a problem because we're not able to replace oil because it takes so long to form. So true or false. Number one is because of the way the earth formed, many resources are only found in certain places. Is that true or is that false? And then number two is many natural resources take millions of years to form, is that true? Or is that false? Have a go and then we'll come back and we'll find the answers. We'll find out the answer. Okay, let's have a look then, ready? So number one because of the way the earth formed many resources are only found in certain places that is, that is true. Number two, many natural resources take millions of years to form, that is also true. Excellent job guys. So both of them are true and I'll leave it up for you to tick or fix. Okay, let's find out a little more about where we can find some of those resources. So, here we've got three countries. We're going to study 10 countries in total. We're going to have look at the first three. So you've got Australia and Australia has the largest gold reserve in the entire world and it contributes over 46% of the world's uranium. So Australia in terms of natural resources has got the largest gold reserve and it contributes nearly half of the world's uranium. Next up, we have Brazil in South America and Brazil is known for having vast oil deposits and it supplies over 12.3% of the world's timber. So nearly an eighth of the world's timber. Then lastly, we've got Canada and Canada has a lot of limestone rock, salt and uranium and it's got a large supplies of precious metals such as platinum, silver and gold. It also has extensive reserves of oil and timber. So let's have a look at these ones, these three questions. So we've got to complete the sentences regarding natural resources. So Australia has the largest reserves in the world. Brazil supplies around of the world's timber and Canada has extensive supplies of. Here are the options. We got for the first one we got either silver or gold. The second question you have 12.3% or 13.2% making it tricky. And then the last one coal or oil are the two options. So again, at this point, pause the video and then have a go at this activity. Right, let's confirm that you got three out of three right in that question. So Australia has largest gold reserves in the world. Next one, Brazil supplies around 12.3% of the world's timber. And lastly, Canada has extensive supplies of oil and timber. Excellent job guys. Three out of three. Yeah, that's fine, I'll pause the video and then tic or fix your work. Right, let's learn about the next three countries. And now we got three more. So we've got China and China is a leading producer of coal and it has vast reserves of cobalt. Remember cobalt is one of the metals that we found earlier and it's used in the production of engines, good job. Now the Democratic Republic of Congo has the biggest cobalt and coltan reserves in the entire world. And it has large gold and diamond reserves. India has the fourth largest coal reserves in the entire world and in India, natural resources and the production of them is a really important source of income and the mining sector contributes around 2.5% of the entire country's wealth. So in China, is a leading producer of coal and it's got vast resource of cobalt. The Democratic Republic of Congo has the biggest cobalt and coltan reserves in the world. They got large gold and diamond reserves. And then India, you got the fourth largest reserves of coal in the whole world. So let's have a look at these questions. So in this one, you've got to choose one of the words to complete your sentence. So China is the leading producer of. Number two, the Democratic Republic of Congo has the reserve of cobalt and coltan in the world. Number three, India has the largest coal reserve in the world. So you got to check one of this options that goes in those sentences. So at this point, pause the video and then have a go. Right, let's have a look, let's check. So China is a leading producer of coal, great job. The Democratic Republic of Congo has the largest reserves of cobalt and coltan in the world. And India has the fourth largest coal reserves in the world. That's fine, pause the video and tic or fix your work. Amazing, let's have a look at the last four countries. Now, here we got Russia, we've got Saudi Arabia. We have the USA and we have Venezuela. So let's learn a little bit about Russia. So Russia's mining industry is one of the biggest in the entire world. And Russia is a leading producer of oil and gas and it supplies lots of the energy supplies to the European continent. Now Saudi Arabia their primary natural resource is oil with the country having the second biggest oil reserves in the world. The USA has the largest coal reserves and it's a leading exporter of timber. And Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world. And has the second largest gold deposits after Australia. So you got Russia which is a leading producer of oil and gas. Saudi Arabia's primary natural resource is oil, the USA which has the largest coal reserves in the entire world and Venezuela which has the largest oil reserves in the world. And has the second largest gold deposits after Australia. So, let's have a look at these last set of questions. So on the left hand side, we have the same text as before and then we got four questions on the right hand side. You got to use the text to answer them. So Russia is the leading producer of, what is it the leading producer of? Number two, what is Saudi Arabia's primary natural resource? Number three which country has the world's largest coal reserve? And then number four, Venezuela has the world's largest reserves of gold, is that true? Or is that false? I don't know, you're going to have to look in the text to find the answers. So that's fine, have a go and then when we come back, we will check our work. All right, let's have a look at the answers, ready? Number one, so Russia is a leading producer of oil and gas. Great job. Number two, what is Saudi Arabia's primary natural resource? So Saudi Arabia's primary natural resource is oil. Excellent job guys. Remember Saudi Arabia has the second largest oil reserves in the world. Number three which country has the world's largest coal reserves? The United States of America has the world's largest coal reserves. And actually just a fun fact. Last year, it was actually became the number one exporter of oil but that title now goes to Venezuela. So number four, Venezuela has the world's largest gold reserves, true or false? That is, that is false. Venezuela has the world's largest reserves of oil and the second largest gold reserves. So again, that's fine, pause the video so you can check your work. Awesome job guys, well done. Now that is the end of our lesson. Excellent job today, guys, well done. It's now time to complete your end of lesson quiz. Remember, don't forget to do it, it's really important because it's going to help you to remember all of the fun facts that we have learned today. And if you'd like to, you can share what you learned. Remember to ask your parent or your carer to share your work on Twitter. And in the next lesson we get to be learning all about how the use of natural resources has changed for throughout human history. So this lesson, we learn all about natural resources what they are, where we can find them, what they're used for. In the next lesson, we'll be learning about how humans have used them and how that has changed throughout history. Guys, thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed the lesson. I certainly had lots of fun and I can't wait for the next one, bye.

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Unit Overview: Natural Resources

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