Even our ancestors from the Stone Age used earth resources for
many purposes.
Today we use numerous things in our everyday lives that originate from the
earth without question or awareness of their origin
Let's start this webquest by finding out more about:
- The items and activities that are most important to you
- The origin of raw materials used to produce the
materials you most need
- Some properties of the materials that make them useful
- Whether Australia has the resources to produce these
materials
- Where and how these resources are located
- Whether we have sufficient amounts of these resources for the future
- How the resources are obtained from the ground
- How they are converted into metals
- What is the triple bottom line
- Whether we need to review our lifestyle
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