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Lesson 12: Our Resources: Minerals
Lesson Plan
Suggested time: 6-7 periods (40 mins each)
Content
Objectives
Tools/Materials
Used
Introducing the
Lesson
Methodology
• Metallic minerals
• Non metallic minerals
• Conservation of mineral resources
To enable students to:
• define minerals
• differentiate between the terms ore, minerals and metals.
• appreciate that minerals and metals have to be mined from under the
ground
• distinguish between metallic minerals and non-metallic minerals
• locate on a map of India the states from where the metallic and non
metallic minerals are mined
• comprehend that metals and non-metals have to be conserved for the
future
• understand the need to conserve the mineral resources
Timeline 4, physical map of India showing the location of large mineral
deposits, chalk and blackboard
Use the Let’s begin… as a warm up to introduce the lesson. Ask the students
to match the objects with the minerals they are made of.
Teaching the lesson
• Explain what are minerals and ores.
• Explain the terms drilling or mining. Ask the students to recall the main
mining areas in India, for example, the Chota Nagpur Plateau. Ask the
students to name a few industries that are dependent on mining.
• Ask the students to fill in the blanks in the Think and answer… section.
• Discuss in class the different metallic and non metallic materials found in
the classroom in the Let’s talk… section.
• Explain the terms metallic minerals and non-metallic minerals. Give
examples of each mineral and which industries use them.
• Describe the important metals that are mined in India and places where
these metals can be found. On the atlas, the students can note the places
where these metals are found. They can mark these places on an outline map
of India in class.
• Describe the important non-metals mined in India and places where these
non-metals can be found in India.
• Ask the students to locate the places where non-metals are mined on a map
of India. They can mark the same on an outline map of India later in class.
•The students can note the distribution of minerals on the map of India on
page 87.
• Explain the importance of these mineral deposits as India needs more and
more energy because the cities, urban centres and rural areas are growing.
Lesson 12: Our Resources: Minerals
Lesson Plan
Suggested time: 6-7 periods (40 mins each)
• Ask the students what they understand by the word conservation. Explain
how important it is to conserve our mineral wealth. The students can suggest
ways to conserve coal and petroleum. Write the list on the blackboard.
Let’s answer…
• The teacher can help the students complete Exercises A, B, C, D , E and F on
page 89–90 orally. The children can then be asked to write the answers on
their own.
Let’s do…
• Map Work
(G) The students are required to mark the places where coal and aluminum
are found on the physical map of India.
• Activity Time
(H.1) Ask the students to put a tick (ü) or cross (û) against the given minerals.
(H.2) The students will read the clues and solve the crossword.
HOTS
• Ask the students to discuss the answers for the HOTS question in class.