097 SHRINKING RESOURCES

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097 SHRINKING RESOURCES
With increasing population and shrinking
resources the demand for resources is to grow
into enormous proportions.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
Old newspapers Students
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newspaper
Open a newspaper centre-page, make the students
realise that as a resource. Spread the resource
(the newspaper page) on the floor and ask four
students to stand on it comfortably. They are
indeed able to do it.
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Now fold the page into two and ask all the four
students to stand on it. They are able to do it
but come closer. With further folding the space
or resource gets smaller and smaller and there is
a scramble amongst the students to have a foot on
the resource.
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As might is right takes over, the students start
grabbing whatever space is available as the
resource gets shrunk. Finally only one student
manages to have a foot on the resource. Adults
please see to it that students do not hurt each
other. This is an excellent example to show the
impact of shrinking natural resources.