Students have been asked to create a natural resources "company." They were able to choose from the following options: a farm (milk or food), fish farm, fishing company, mining company or oil company.
They have been asked to put themselves in the shoes of an entrepreneurs. They will present in front of a panel of judges who will decide whether or not they will fund the natural resource company. The teams of students will need to present on all aspects of their company, including:
The project is divided into three parts:
To make the group process easier, each group member has been assigned a particular section of the project. Each group member has received a specific research booklet that applies to the section they are responsible for.
They have been asked to put themselves in the shoes of an entrepreneurs. They will present in front of a panel of judges who will decide whether or not they will fund the natural resource company. The teams of students will need to present on all aspects of their company, including:
- Basic information on the natural resource they will exploit
- How they will "extract" the resource
- How they will process the resource
- What environmental impacts might occur and how they will mitigate these
The project is divided into three parts:
- Planning and research
- Creation of a PowerPoint presentation with an oral component
- Presentation in front of judge panel
To make the group process easier, each group member has been assigned a particular section of the project. Each group member has received a specific research booklet that applies to the section they are responsible for.
Les liens utiles
Une compagnie de pêche
Une ferme piscicole
Une ferme de lait
Une ferme (l'agriculture des aliments)
Une compagnie minière
Une compagnie de pétrole
- L'histoire de la pêche commerciale - Encyclopédie Canadienne
- Les lois, règlements, cartes et permis de pêche - Le gouvernement du Canada
- Les bâteaux de pêche (vidéo) - Le gouvernement du Canada
- Le chalutier (type de bâteau de pêche)
- Working on a Fishing Boat article
- Écosystèmes de la Colombie-Britannique (voir la section sur 'les poissons')- Wikipedia
Une ferme piscicole
- L'histoire de la pêche commerciale - Encyclopédie Canadienne
- Les lois, règlements, cartes et permis de pêche - Le gouvernement du Canada
- Un exemple d'une ferme piscicole
- Types of fish farms article
- Types of fish farms article #2
- *un autre mot clé à rechercher = 'aquaculture'
- Aquaculture Methods article
Une ferme de lait
- La production de lait - Les producteurs de lait du Québec
- Le lait, son circuit de fabrication article
- Tout savoir sur la production laitière - Les producteurs de lait du Québec
- Une journée à la ferme (vidéo) - C'est pas sorcier
- Élevage laitier - Encyclopédie canadienne
- Dairy industry problems - WWF
- Basic information on milk
- How is milk made
Une ferme (l'agriculture des aliments)
- C'est quoi l'agriculture - 1jour1actu
- Les informations sur le travail d'un fermier (en anglais) article
- Agricultural Impacts - WWF
Une compagnie minière
- Le cycle minier article
- Types de mines article
- Mining in British Columbia - The Government of British Columbia
- BC Mine Map - The Mining Association of British Columbia
- What is mining? article
- Copper article
Une compagnie de pétrole