Discuss ways in which people of different cultures value, respect, and use rocks and minerals, including First Nations and Métis connections to Mother Earth.

Identify objects in their local environment that are made from rocks and minerals (e.g., nickel, table salt, pottery, cement, carvings, brick, jewellery, bicycle, nutrients, battery, copper wiring, soda can, plumbing pipe, and sidewalk).

Research historical (e.g., flint arrowhead, gold jewellery, paint pigment, and coal heating) and contemporary (e.g., fertilizer, building products, ceramics, glass, salt, silver fillings, and electronics) uses for rocks and minerals in Saskatchewan.

Suggest alternative materials that could be used to create everyday objects or propose new uses for rocks and minerals.

Relate uses for rocks and minerals to characteristics such as functionality, mineral shape, cost, availability, and aesthetics.

Identify locations where minerals, including potash, sodium sulphate, salt, kaolin, uranium, copper, coal, diamond, and gold, are extracted in Saskatchewan.

Discuss the economic benefits associated with mineral extraction and refining, including related careers, in Saskatchewan.

Analyze issues related to the extraction and use of minerals from the perspectives of various stakeholders (e.g., company owner, employee, scientist, Elder, environmental group, and end user).

Research ways in which products made from rocks or minerals can be recycled and reused.

Suggest methods of reclaiming resource extraction sites (e.g., quarry, strip mine, open pit mine, and hard rock mine) to reduce short- and long-term impacts on communities and the environment.

Assess their own and their family's impact on natural resources based on their current lifestyle.