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Resources and regions

Social Studies

Resources and regions

An AR classroom game for Grade 4. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort the resources into groups.

    Sort into

    • runs out
    • renews itself
    • coal
    • forest
    • natural gas
    • water
    Read the explanation

    Some resources run out; others replace themselves.

  2. Sort the regions by their landscape.

    Sort into

    • high mountains
    • flat land
    • the North
    • the Central region
    • the West
    • the Chao Phraya plain
    Read the explanation

    The land shapes how people there live and what work they do.

  3. Sort the activities into groups.

    Sort into

    • preserves resources
    • destroys resources
    • replanting the forest
    • burning forest
    • using water sparingly
    • letting waste water into the river
    Read the explanation

    Some things preserve resources; others destroy them.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Sort natural resources into ones that run out and ones that renew, link each region's landforms to local jobs, and tell activities that conserve resources from ones that destroy them.

What's in the worksheet

4 sorting rounds, 2 baskets each - Runs out or renews: coal, forests, natural gas, water - High mountains or plains: the North, the Central region, the West, the Chao Phraya plain - Conserves or destroys: replanting forests, burning forests, saving water, dumping waste water in rivers - Coastal or highland jobs: fishing, growing tea, salt farming, growing coffee on the hills

How to use it in class

Use in the unit on Thai regions and resources, after looking at a relief map; about 5 minutes. - After round 4, ask what jobs people do in your own province to bring it home - In teams, have each team justify one card aloud before submitting - If round 1 goes badly, ask whether mined coal can grow back, and compare with trees that can be replanted - Play it linked to the class to record results in the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Round 1, water: many hesitate because Thai textbooks usually put water in a separate 'never runs out' group, which this game lacks; say that here water counts as renewable because rain refills it - Round 2: the Chao Phraya plain is not a region name, so children may be unsure; point out it is part of the Central region, hence plains - Round 2: few children know the West is mountainous; show the Tenasserim range on the map - Round 4: city children may not know salt farming happens by the sea; show a photo of salt pans in Samut Sakhon

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