Session 6: Costs and Benefits of Resources Use

Materials

  • Class notes

Instructional Activities

  1. Review content from the previous session.

  2. Explain that the use of resources entails both costs and benefits. Display the following information on the board or overhead, and discuss it with the students, providing examples of each:
    • Costs:
       - Resource depletion
       - Environmental degradation
       - Health problems
    • Benefits:
       - Production of goods and services
       - Employment opportunities
       - Development of technologies
    Include in the discussion the problems related to non-renewable resources, such as petroleum.

  3. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.

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