Both Canada and the United States are rich in natural resources. North America benefits greatly from its fertile soil, plentiful freshwater, oil, mineral deposits and forests. Today we are going to focus on two different natural resources: oil and forests. Your job is to create two maps (one for oil and one for forests) indicating where the resources can be found in North America. Your map should be clearly labelled, have a legend, a title and a Compass Roes.
After your group has completed each map spend some times researching that natural resources and write a paragraph to one page about your findings. For example; which country has more oil, which country uses more oil, how does each country manage its forest, what is the lumber used for, what types of jobs are created etc
Maps you will find helpful
Oil deposits in North America
Forests of North America
Below are a list of webpages to help you with your research
The importance of oil
Oil reserves in Canada
Oil reserves in USA
Oil consumption by country
Forests in USA
Forests in Canada
Due March 6
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