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3Unit Our Earth and the Resources it Gives Us Lesson 4 Natural Resources - Other Natural Resources • identify other natural resources, like sunlight, wind, and coal • identify which natural resources are renewable and non-renewable • suggest ways to preserve natural resources Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 96

Vocabulary stone soil minerals coal Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 4 97

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Other All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. Natural Resources The earth has many stone natural resources which soil include sunlight, wind, soil, stone, minerals, coal, and oil. Plants grow in soil. Gold, silver, and lithium are examples of minerals. Lithium is used in mobile phone batteries. Coal is a hard, black material people burn for energy or heat. People use natural resources in different ways. For example, humans and animals eat plants. Some people eat animals. Some medicines are made from plants. Trees are plants. People use trees to build homes and make paper. People use the natural researches available in the Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 98

All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. minerals (gold) place they live. People that coal live near water usually eat a lot of fish. People that do not live near water do not eat much fish. People trade for the resources they need but do not have. Resources are classified as renewable and non- renewable resources. Renewable resources can be replaced within a few years. Non-renewable resources cannot be replaced for thousands of years or more. Renewable resources include wind, water, and sunlight. Non- renewable resources include coal and oil. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 4 99

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 1: Concept Check Instructions: Answer each question with information from the reading. 1. Name 4 examples of natural resources. ɮ ____________________ ɮ ____________________ ɮ ____________________ ɮ ____________________ 2. What natural resource is used in mobile phones? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do people use coal for? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Natural resources can be used in only one way. 5. All places have the same natural resources. 6. How soon can renewable resources be replaced? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. How soon can non-renewable resources be replaced? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 100

Activity 2: Word Search Instructions: Find these natural resources in the word search below. animals coal minerals oil plants soil stone sunlight trees water wind AUR L Z S L T P L UN I E T S HML X YO I OTGX BAV S QNM I AW I ND U E O L A SWH T C Z L N I G L B S SW OU S P L A S A Y L S E ERTHYETA CM I N E R A L SO Z YATYQK PUC Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 4 101

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 3: Think About It Instructions: List which natural resources are common near your home and which natural resources are not. In groups, answer the question. Resources Near My Home Resources Not Near My Home How do people Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates get natural resources that are not near their home? 102

Activity 3: Picture Dictionary Create a picture dictionary of 4 natural resources that you use a lot. Resource: Resource: Drawing: Drawing: How often do you use it? How often do you use it? _______________________________ _______________________________ Resource: Resource: Drawing: Drawing: How often do you use it? How often do you use it? _______________________________ _______________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 4 103

3Unit Our Earth and the Resources it Gives Us Lesson 5 New Ideas for Natural Resources • identify new ways to produce clean energy • identify new ways to improve farming methods Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 104

Vocabulary windmill clean energy solar plant vertical farming Warm up: Brainstorm Instructions: In groups, answer the questions. Is sunlight a natural Is wind a natural resource? resource? Why or why not? Why or why not? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 5 105

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Using Resources Better The world has a growing population but a limited amount of All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. natural resources. We need to use them without harming the earth. Different countries are using their natural resources to get clean energy. In Ireland, lots of wind comes over the Atlantic Ocean. Companies in Ireland are building windmills near the coast. Wind makes the windmills turn, which creates electricity. This electricity is used for businesses and homes. Wind energy does not pollute. The UAE gets a lot of sunlight. Two world leading solar plants are in the UAE. In Abu Dhabi, there is the Noor Abu Dhabi. In Dubai, there is the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Power Park. These two plants make electricity in a clean way for the UAE. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 106

All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. A resource that we must use better is farmland. When cities grow, people often put new buildings on farmland. This destroys the land and we cannot grow food on it. There have been many improvements in farming in the UAE. In 1971, there were about 4,000 farms. In 2011, there were about 36,000 farms. Modern irrigation systems put water right next to the plants so that no water is wasted. In 1999, 32% of farms in the UAE used a modern irrigation system. In 2011, 91% of farms used a modern irrigation system. A recent idea is indoor farming using vertical farming. Vertical means going up rather than across. The plants are on shelves inside the greenhouse. The farmer can control the temperature and the water used. Little or no soil is needed. The farm produces 1,000 to 1,500 kilograms of food every day. This saves farmland, soil, and water. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 5 107

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 1: Concept Check Instructions: Answer the questions below with information from the text on page 108. 1. Why do we need to use natural resources in a clean way? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What country uses windmills? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How does a windmill make electricity? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What natural resource is the UAE using to create electricity? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why do modern irrigation systems save water? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What kind of new farm did the reading talk about? _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 108

Activity 2: Make Graphs Instructions: Make graphs that explain changes in farming in the UAE. On the left is a graph that shows how many farms were in the UAE in 1971. How many cells should you shade in the graph for 2011? (Hint: How many farms is each cell worth?) Number of Farms in 1971 Number of Farms in 2011 Draw a circle graph to show the percent of farms that use a modern irrigation system in the UAE in 1999 and 2011. In 1999, 32% of the farms used a modern irrigation system. In 2011, 91% of the farms used a modern irrigation system. Percent of Farms that Use Modern Irrigation Systems in the UAE 1999 2011 Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 5 109

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 3: Discussion Instructions: Choose your favourite new idea for using resources from this lesson. Draw the resource being used. Describe why you like the idea and how it will help people. Your Favourite Idea: Draw a picture of that idea being used here: Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 110

Describe why you like this idea and how it will help people: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 5 111

3Unit Our Earth and the Resources it Gives Us Lesson 6 Reading a Map • use a map grid to locate items on a map • create a map of their classroom Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 112

Vocabulary location map grid coordinate Warm up: Brainstorm Instructions: In groups, answer the questions. Are there any numbers in your why do we use numbers in address, like a flat number or our addresses? a number on your street?. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 6 113

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. Reading a Map Most maps show the location of places. A very simple map shows pictures to indicate landmarks at different locations. For example, this map of an amusement park shows where different activities are in the park. Draw a line to the activities in the list. Clown giving out balloons Castle Ride Ferris Wheel Snack Cart Train Ride Bumper Cars Roller Coaster Other: ____________________ To find a place on a map of a larger area, a map has a grid system. A grid system has lines that cross each other to form boxes. Each box is a coordinate. Across the top of the grid are letters. Down the side of the grid are numbers. Together, the letters and numbers give coordinates of locations. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 114

All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 6 115

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 1: Reading a Map Grid A B Look at the grid and give the colour for each coordinate. C The first one has been done for you. D 1 234 A BLACK B RED C BLUE D GREEN 1 234 1. Red _______________________________________ 2. Black _______________________________________ 3. Green _______________________________________ 4. Blue _______________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 116

Activity 2: Read a City Map E 1 The city map has gridlines to show coordinates. A B CD 1 22 33 44 55 A B CD E Use the map to answer the questions. The first one has been done for you. (Hint: look at the point of each icon, not the picture) 1. Where is the parking lot (P)? ________________2_-__C____________________ 2. Where is the hospital (H)? _______________________________________ 3. Where is the hotel (house)? _______________________________________ 4. Where is the gas station? _______________________________________ 5. Where is the restaurant (fork and knife)? _______________________________________ 6. Where is the information centre (star)? _______________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 6 117

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 3: Other Kinds of Maps The map shows where different animals live. Use the map to answer the questions. Write sentences. The first one has been done for you. 1. Where do elephants live _______T_h_e_y___l_i__v_e__i__n__A__f_r_i_c__a_.______ 2. Where do pandas live? _______________________________________ 3. Where do kangaroos live? _______________________________________ 4. Where do penguins live? _______________________________________ 5. Where do polar bears live? _______________________________________ Choose two more animals and write where they live: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 118

Activity 4: Hide and Seek Play with a partner, but DO NOT let your partner see your map. people in a square in the map. Put only one name in each coordinate. 5 Write the names of Your partner will do the same. Then, take turns saying coordinates trying to find your partner’s !people first, wins 5 people. Whoever finds A B CD E 11 22 33 44 55 A B CD E For Example: Partner 1 Partner 2 C-1 Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates “She is not there.” or “You found her.” Unit 3 Lesson 6 119

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 5: Making a Map D E 1 On the map grid, draw a picture of your classroom. Put the front of the classroom at the top. ABC 1 22 33 44 55 A B CD E Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 120

Now, write the coordinates of your desk, the teacher’s desk, and a bookshelf. After that add 3 items of your own, and give the coordinates of each item. Item Coordinate Your desk The Teacher’s Desk Bookshelf Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 6 121

3Unit Our Earth and the Resources it Gives Us Lesson 7 Different Kinds of Maps • identify locations on a map using longitude and latitude • Identify in what hemisphere or hemispheres a location is • identify things they like from different continents Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 122

Vocabulary political map legend population density rainfall Warm up: Brainstorm Maps show us locations. What other information have you seen on the maps this term? List other information you have seen Locations ________________ ________________ ________________ Challenge Question: Why is other information in a map useful? Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 7 123

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. Map Legends There are different kinds of maps which show different information. Maps titles and map legends are important. The legend shows what the different colours and symbols on the map mean. The map has a legend in the lower left corner. It describes what each colour means. Challenge Question: What do the colours show on the map? Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 124

All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Political Maps Political maps show borders of countries. A border is the line around each country. Political maps often use colours to help identify each country. Political maps can also show things like the capital city of a country. Unit 3 Lesson 7 125

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 1: Concept Check Answer the questions about the texts and maps from the previous pages. 1. True or False (circle one): all maps tell us the same kind of information. 2. What should you look at closely to understand different kinds of maps? the roads on the map the title of the map and the legend the colours of the map 3. What does the legend tell you? it tells you where the buildings are it tells you where the animals live it tells you what the symbols and colours mean Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 126

Activity 2: Understanding a Political Map Use the political map of South America to answer the questions. Challenge Question: What problems might a country have if it is not next to an ocean? Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 7 127

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 2: Answer the questions 1. What is the capital of Bolivia? _________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the capital of Brazil? __________________________________________________________________ 3. Peru is in the ( east / west) part of South America? (circle one) What 5 countries are on the border of Peru? 4. ______________________ ______________________ ________________________ ______________________ ________________________ What 3 countries are on the border of Paraguay? 5. ______________________ ______________________ ________________________ 6. Which ocean is Brazil next to? ________________________________________________________________ Why do you think that the map uses different colours? 7. _____________________________________________________________________ 8. Does this map use a legend? ( Yes or No ) What 2 countries are not next to an ocean? 9. ______________________ ________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 128

Activity 3: Population Density Map Using the legend in the population density map, answer the questions. Which continent has the most areas where 8100-200 people live in each square kilometre. 1. ˒ Australia ˒ Asia ˒ South America ˒ North America (Oceania) How many people live in each square kilometre in the yellow areas? 2. ˒ 93 – 52 ˒ 200 – 93 ˒ 8100 – 200 ˒ 52 – 21 Why does Antarctica have the lightest colour? (Hint: it is not because it is cold) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What does it mean as the colour of areas become redder? 4. ˒ Those areas ˒ Those areas have are a different more population. ˒ Those areas are hotter. country. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 7 129

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. POPULATION DENSITY MAP This world population density map shows how many people live in 1 square kilometre. One square kilometre is about the size of 10 football fields put together side-by-side. What other information do you see on the population density map? Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 130

All rights reserved. No part of this page may be reproduced, stored in a retieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission in writing of the publisher. SYMBOLS ON A MAP Not every symbol on the map is in the legend. On this map, the legend only shows the colour of the land, the lake/sea, and the park. However, we can look at other symbols to know where things are. Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 7 131

Moral, Social & Cultural Studies | Grade 3 | Term 1 Activity 4: Comparing Different Maps The two maps of Pakistan show different information. Map A is a political map of Pakistan. What information does map B give? 1. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ In the political map, what do the colours mean? 2. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ In the rainfall map, what do the colours mean? 3. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates 132

How much rain does the city of Zhob receive each year? 4. ˒ 125 – 250 mm ˒ 250 – 500 mm ˒ 500 – 750 mm What do the darker colours mean in the rainfall map? 5. ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Activity 5: Reading Symbols Use the city map to answer the questions about symbols. Where is the restaurant? ˒ In the middle ˒ In the west ˒ In the of the city part of the city northeast part of the city Copyright © Ministry of Education – United Arab Emirates Unit 3 Lesson 7 133

Education System in the United Doctorate Degree / Applied Sciences Arab Emirates (3-5 years) Master’s Degree / Applied Sciences (2 years) Postgraduate Diploma / Applied Sciences (1-2 Years) Bachelor’s Degree / Applied Sciences (3-4 years) Diploma / Postgraduate Diploma (2-3 years) Joining Bridging Continuous Education Work Program Home General and Applied Literacy Vocational Qualification Schooling Academic Stream Stream Vocational Education and Development Centre

(3-5 years) Doctorate Degree International 24 Classifications Dual Degree UAE National Qualifications Bachelor’s / Master’s Framework Level 10 Master’s Degree Master’s Degree International (2 years) Classifications (2 years) 22 UAE National Qualifications Framework Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma Postgraduate Diploma International (1-2 year) (1 year) Classifications UAE National Qualifications Framework Bachelor’s Degree / Applied Sciences (4-5 years) 18 Levels 7-8 (3-4 years) Bachelor’s Degree Advanced University Enrollment (3 years) The Ministry coordinates with national higher education institutions to admit students in various majors in line with the needs of the labour 18 International market and future human development plans. Higher Education institutions also determine the number of students that can be admitted Classifications according to their capabilities, mission and goals. They also set the conditions for students’ admission to various programmes according UAE National Qualifications Framework to the stream they graduated from, the levels of their performance in the secondary stage, and their results from the Emirates Standard Assessment Test. Levels 5-6 Integration and coordination between General and Higher Education systems allow for the approval and calculation of school study courses within university studies according to the school stream and university specialisation, which reduces the duration of university studies. Technical & Vocational Streams Academic Streams Cycle 3 / Secondary Stage Applied Specialised Technical Technical General Advanced Elite International Academies General Advanced Classifications UAE National Qualifications Framework Applied Technology Top 10 percent 12 Secondary School Program of students in Levels 1-4 national test scores Grades 9-12 Ages 14-18 (4 years) Grades 5-8 Cycle 2 Basic Education 12 International Ages 10-14 (4 years) 6 Classifications Elite Program (Grades 5-8) Top 10 percent of students in national test scores Ages 10-14 (4 years) Cycle 1 International Classifications Grades 1-4 Ages 6-9 (4 years) Early Childhood International Classifications Kindergarten Ages 4-6 (not compulsory) 3 Nursery/ Care Ages 0-4 (not compulsory) Theoretical Starting Age

Hybrid education in the Emirati school Within the strategic dimension of the Ministry of Education’s development plans and its endeavor to diversify education channels and overcome all the challenges that may prevent it, and to ensure continuity in all circumstances, the Ministry has implemented a hybrid education plan for all students at all levels of education. Study Plan Pre- Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 kindergarten/ kindergarten School Direct  learning Self - -  e-learning  Channels for obtaining a textbook: Electronic units