Economic Geology: Managing Critical Resources in a Changing World
Critical minerals like rare earth elements form through complex geologic processes and are unevenly distributed across Earth. This lesson helps educators evaluate NGSS-aligned instruction on resource distribution, economic geology, and sustainability, emphasizing data analysis, systems thinking, and real-world decision-making about resource use.
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Topics
- critical minerals
- rare earth elements
- economic geology
- resource distribution
- sustainability
- geologic processes
- mining impacts
- systems thinking
- data interpretation
- Earth resources
- MS-ESS3-1
- MS-ESS3-2
- HS-ESS3-1
- HS-ESS3-2