Media

Jerome, B. A. (Producer). (2017). Exploring Natural Resources [Video file]. Visual Learning Systems. Retrieved from https://nvcproxy.alamo.edu/login?url=https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/energy-3

This will probably required your student ID name and Banner number to log in.
A running transcript is available on the video page in the menu at the top of the screen.

Introduction

Natural resources as a general topic will be a review for many students. For this activity you should identify the primary, secondary, and tertiary concepts in the video above.

In order to demonstrate concepts from videos, students can draw concept maps (see Resources Needed Before You Start about concept maps below) to demonstrate their knowledge. The depth of the relationships in the concept map is usually indicative of the depth of the student’s new knowledge.

Module Objectives Achieved

You will be able to…

MO 3.1. Assess environmental challenges facing humans (6. #challenges Course)

MO 3.2. Use the vocabulary of env sci. in written communication (7. #vocab Course; 2. #commskills Core)

MO 3.3. Apply critical thinking skills. (7. #think Course; 1 #critthink Core)

Task

Resources Needed Before You Start : Review the “Concept Maps: What the Heck Are These?” file below from Module 2: Activity_2_3_Concept_Maps_What_are_they.pdf See more resources near the bottom of this page.

1. View the 17-minute Exploring Natural Resources video above. (A running transcript is available on the video's page.)

2. Using the video as your guide, create one thorough concept map of your own from the video, with as much detail as needed to present a comprehensive picture of your understanding of the topics.

3. Save your concept map as a .jpg, .png, or other image file to post in your blog. (If you cannot “save as” an image, then snip the concept maps from your screen and then save them to your computer to add to your blog.)

4. Write two to three paragraphs (150 to 200 words total) explaining to the average person how each of your concept strands are interconnected. That is, make explicit the interactions, connections, networks, relationships, and associations between the concepts.

Criteria

Your declarations page will have the following:

Blog post title: I used Activity 3.2.1 – Natural Resources Review as my blog title.

Level: My concept map I posted on my blog is detailed sufficient to explicitly demonstrate my knowledge of environmental challenges facing us in terms of energy as natural resource.

Length: I wrote an interconnections explanation of 150 to 200 words.

Citations and References: I used in-text citations and complete, matching references in my work to include the video reference.

Professionalism: I proofread my work twice and there are no writing errors or misuses or lack of of college-level grammar, capitalization, spelling, punctuation, etc. AND, I turned my work in on time.

Resources

Online Concept Map Makers: (pick the one that works best for you)

Text2Map

Bubblus

Cmap (this is one you can download and install on your computer for free...it's the one I use)