Grade 3-5
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Activity

Tropical Island Resources

Time: 15 mins,
Updated: June 1 2021,
Author: Council for Economic Education
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Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Identify productive resources.

Standards

National Standards in Economics

State Standards

Concepts

Productive Resources

In this economics activity, students will categorize the productive resources on a tropical island.

Resources

Procedure

This individual activity requires students to explore and categorize the different types of resources available on a tropical island. Living on an island can be fun, but it can also be a long way from any other land masses. As a result, it can be a long distance from getting the resources for many of the goods and services you use every day. To complete this activity, students should follow the directions below:

  1. Review the resources found on a tropical island
  2. Put resources into correct category of natural, capital or human. Use this Quizizz Activity.
Subjects:
Social Studies,Economics

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