Limited Resources: Rapa Nui
Students will explore a lesson on limited resources and sustainability by learning about Easter Island, Rapa Nui, and then experiencing it.
Updated: November 21, 2016
Learning objectives
Students will be able to research Easter Island, Rapa Nui.
Students will work cooperatively to build a sustainable community on an island with limited resources.
Students will be able to identify what resources are necessary for a population to survive.
Students will be able to reflect on the experience of surviving with limited resources.
Guiding ideas
What resources do we need in order to survive in a community?
What can cause a population of people to disappear?
How can we prevent the loss of natural resources?
How can we work collaboratively in order for a community to survive?
How can we protect our natural and limited resources?
Student activities
Students will locate Easter Island on a map. Students will imagine what life would be like to live on a tropical island.
Students will read about Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui. Some resources available online are:
- https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/big-history-project/what-is-big-history/what-are-disciplines/a/activity-easter-island-mystery
- http://geography.about.com/od/ecuadormaps/a/galapagos-islands-geography.htm
- http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/easterisland.html
- http://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/easter-island.html
Performance expectations
Students will be able to identify what resources are necessary for survival.
Students will be able to recognize strategies for sustainability when faced with limited resources.
Students will be able to read about Easter Island and the causes for its collapse.
Students will be able to make a plan for survival on an island with limited resources.
Students will be able to work cooperatively in a large group towards a common goal.
Students will be able to reflect during and after the activity on effective use of natural resources.
Skills
- Collaboration
- Creativity
- Critical thinking
Supporting Files
- Angles Easter Island Pixel ArtA worksheet of angles that makes Pixel Art of Head
- Angles Easter Island Sheet CompleteThe completed angle sheet, full color Pixel Art