Mud Bugs: Supply, Demand, and Natural Resources in Louisiana

Autor/in	Nagel, Paul
Titel	Mud Bugs: Supply, Demand, and Natural Resources in Louisiana
Quelle	In: Social Studies and the Young Learner, 23 (2010) 1, S.24-26 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-0300
Schlagwörter	Agribusiness; Agricultural Production; Agriculture; Natural Resources; Human Resources; Units of Study; Economics; Teaching Methods; Energy; Mining; Fuels; Conservation (Environment); Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agrarindustrie; Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Natural Ressource; Natürliche Ressource; Humankapital; Lerneinheit; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Energie; Abbau; Treibstoff; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt
Abstract	Louisiana's land, coast, and inland waterways are home to many natural resources such as seafood, petroleum, natural gas, and timber--and freshwater crawfish, or "mudbugs" as the locals like to call them. These natural resources are vital to Louisiana's economy. The author describes a unit of study on economics in which a teacher taught and reinforced basic economic terms such as "supply" and demand" as well as natural, capital, and human resources that are required to create products for market. These abstract terms came to life in the classroom when the teacher applied them to discussions about the local economy--which touched on things and places that students had experienced in their own lives. To conclude the unit of study, students were asked to think about the various natural resources and agricultural products of Louisiana such as oil, natural gas, crawfish, lumber, cotton, soybeans, sugarcane, and rice. They were also asked to write a short report and create a diorama about the mining, production, or conservation of a natural resource in Louisiana. (Contains 6 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10