California Energy Resources

This lesson, from the Northern Wyoming Community College District, focuses on California's natural resources. Students identify the energy resources present in the state, including oil, natural gas, hydroelectric, and wind power generation, and plot them on a map of the state. Using this map, students then study the existing distribution of these resources and the potential impact on the state's economy and growing population. 

The lesson, intended for students in 9th grade, takes approximately 100 minutes to complete and assumes students have a basic knowledge of math, research, and report writing. Upon completion of the lesson, students will have developed an understanding the concepts of energy distribution within a geographic location and the impact these distributions can have on an economy.