WHERE Challenge The Light Bulb By Michael Tu

WHERE Challenge: The Light Bulb By Michael Tu

Presentation Outcomes 1. WHAT resources are used to make an incandescent light bulb? 2. WHERE on Earth do these resources come from?

The Bulb WHAT resources are used to make the bulb and WHERE are they found? Silica (Si. O 2) Silica Sand -Found as sand or quartz in nature -Found throughout the world Quartz Trona (Hydrated Sodium Bicarbonate Carbonate) Trona -Mainly found in the United States, Botswana, Kenya, and Namibia Calcium Oxide (Ca. O) Limestone -Made from thermal decomposition of materials like limestone -Mainly found in the US, Canada, Mexico, China, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, and many more… Coal and salt are also used to make the bulb and they are found throughout the world…

The Filament WHAT resources are used to make the filament and WHERE are they found? Tungsten Scheelite -Found in the minerals scheelite and wolframite -These minerals are mainly found in China, Canada, Russia, Austria, Bolivia, and Portugal Wolframite

The Base WHAT resources are used to make the base and WHERE are they found? Brass Aluminum (Al) Bauxite -Copper and Zinc Copper -Copper is mainly found in the US, Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Mexico, Russia, Peru, and Indonesia -Zinc is mainly found in the US, Canada, Australia, Peru Zinc or -Found in bauxite -Bauxite is mainly found in Australia, Brazil, Guinea, and Jamaica

Other Parts An incandescent light bulb has many other parts and many resources are used to make those parts… These minerals are not only used to make light bulbs, but tons of other products as well, like computers, TVs… These minerals are what we use everyday and we must conserve them in order to meet the needs of the next generation!

Sources 1. The image of silica sand found on slide 3 is from Wikipedia Commons, please go to http: //creativecommons. org/licenses/by-sa/2. 5/ for more details. 2. The image of quartz found on slide 3 is a work of the United States Department of Agriculture employee, taken or made during the course of the person’s official duties. 3. The image of trona found on slide 3 is a work of the US federal government. 4. The image of limestone found on slide 3 is a work of the Mineral Information Institute. 5. The image of scheelite found on slide 4 is a work of the "Minerals in Your World" project, a cooperative effort between the United States Geological Survey and the Mineral Information Institute. 6. The image of wolframite found on slide 4 is a work of the Mineral Information Institute. 7. The image of copper found on slide 5 is a work of the Mineral Information Institute. 8. The image of zinc found on slide 5 is a work of the Mineral Information Institute. 9. The image of bauxite found on slide 5 is a work of the Mineral Information Institute.