Agriculture
Nuclear Energy
Wind
Electricity
Minerals
Mineral Resources
http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/content/HAE/english/modules/module-5/mod-5h.htm
Information about the non-renewable minerals in Canada. Including: iron and steel, copper, zinc, lead, nickel, aluminum, potash, stone, sand and gravel, salt and gypsum.
Natural Resources of Canada
http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/mms-smm/index-eng.htm
Diamonds Exploration in Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/economic/diamondexploration
Location of mines.
Mining
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/economic/mining
Maps of mines in Canada.
Minerals of Canada Poster
http://www.mineralogicalassociation.ca/poster/index.php
Click on minerals to read detailed information on the mineral.
40 Common Minerals and their uses
http://www.nma.org/publications/common_minerals.asp
Common minerals and their uses
http://www.minval.com/common_minerals.html
Uses of BC Industrial Minerals
http://www.bcminerals.ca/files/bc_industrial_mineral_operations/000239.php
Mineral Information Institute
http://www.mii.org/
Canadian Assocation of Petroleum Products
http://membernet.capp.ca/default.asp?V_DOC_ID=1
Stewardship
Factsheets : Crude oil, Oil Sands, Natural Gas and by province and territories
How the industry works : Finding oil and natrual resources, producing oi and natural gas, moving oil and gas, using oil and gas
Coal Association of Canada
http://www.coal.ca/content/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Coal in British Columbia
http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/coal/coalinbc/coal_bc.htm
Mineral
Information Institute
http://www.mii.org/
Packets for teachers to download.
The
Hardness of Rocks and Minerals
http://www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/hardness1.html
Atlas
of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, and Textures
http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html
Graphics with explanations.
Water
Freshwater
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/freshwater
Maps of freshwater in Canada.
Hydrology of Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/hydrology
The distribution of water in Canda.
Water Consumption in Canada
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/freshwater/consumption
Outlines the consumption of water by agriculture, industry, domestic use, commercial and institutions
Water Resources
http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/content/HAE/english/modules/module-5/mod-5f.htm
Information about water resources in Canada including graphics.
Down
the Drain
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/drainproj/index.html
An on-line project that you may sign up for. There are ready-made
lesson plans, hand-outs and resource links that have you record and
compare the use of water around the world.
Clearcutting
and Logging: The War of the Woods
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-75-679/science_technology/clearcutting/
Video and audio clips about the forestry industry in Canada.
Great Lakes Information Network
http://glin.net/
Great
Lakes Basin Waters
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/GreatLakes/index.html
Drafts of the Great Lakes Charter Annex agreements were released for
public consultation. Read about the proposals made for the use of this
shared resource among Ontario, Quebec and the eight Great Lakes States:
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin.
The Great Lakes
http://www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakes/default.asp?lang=En&n=72187B25-1
Great Lakes Basin Map
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/provincesterritories/gr_lks/referencemap_image_view
Forests
Renewable
and Non-renewable Resources
Energy Resources
http://estat.statcan.gc.ca/content/HAE/english/modules/module-5/mod-5g.htm
Information about crude oil, fosil fuels, natural gas, thermal electric power, coal and energy consumption in Canada -including graphics.
Renewable Energy
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/economic/renewableenergy/1
re-Energy
http://www.re-energy.ca/
Backgrounder sheets, lesson plans with literacy lessons, and models
to build. (Some of the models are quite advanced and require special
equipment and safety lessons.)
EcoKids
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Energy
Kids Page
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/index.html
Learning
about renewa ble
engery
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/
About Crude Oil and Petroleum Products
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/eneene/sources/pripri/aboapr-eng.php
Key descriptors, What is oil?, Industry structure, Resource, Production, Exports and Imports
Copyright
2001
Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Thursday May 7, 2009 11:46 PM