COMMON GROUND: MODERN MINING AND YOU VIDEO (Grades 7-Adult)
Produced by the Caterpillar Co. How are minerals formed? How and where are they found? What role have minerals played in the forming of human civiliza- tion? And how is the mining industry managing and protecting the earths valuable resources? Common Ground is an up-to-date look at modern mining and its effect on billions of us as consumers. Available FREE on loan to Tennessee teachers.
Tennessee Energy Education Network, William R. Snodgrass Building/ TN Tower, Contact: Chyrall Dawson, 312 8th Avenue North, 9th floor, Nashville, TN 37243-0405 Phone: 1-800-342-1340 inside Tennessee or 615-674-2994 outside Tennessee Web: http://www.state.tn.us/ecd/ energy_teen.htm
For all materials from this organization, look under these headings: CHEMISTRY, COAL, COMPETITIONS, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY CONSERVATION, GEOGRAPHY, HUMAN ANATOMY, INVENTORS, NATURAL GAS, NUCLEAR, OIL, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SCIENCE (GENERAL), SCIENCE FAIR, SOLAR SYSTEM, WEATHER.
Every teacher will receive all 4 Teacher Helper packets.
Everyday Uses of Minerals
Includes 50+ pages of real world informa- tion - How we use minerals, every day of our lives. All activities fully-integrated to help classroom teachers. Guaranteed to have at least 3 full-size color posters, but sometimes contains 5, depending on what their contributors provide. Creating a Universe - How We Use the Elements for Life and For Living
Their newest packet. 3 posters including a large (54 x 39) Periodic Table for the non-chemist.
Everything We Have and Everything We Use Comes From Our Natural Resources Primary grade level activities in a 24-page activity book (Food, Clothing, Shelter -
Where Do They Come From?) Includes
also a packet of coal mined land reclama- tion seed, plus 2 color posters - Switched
On Mining and Mining At Play.
A Study of the Earth
48-page activity book, Everything Comes
From Our Natural Resources, includes
teacher guides, student pages and backgrounders, plus 4 color posters (If it
Cant Be Grown, It Has To Be Mined; From the Earth...A Better Life; Elements Com-
RELATED WEB SITES
http://educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/gems/start.html MINERALS, CRYSTALS, and GEMS
Three lesson plans for grades 3-8 from the Smithsonian.
edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/Card/R/rocks.html ROCKS AND MINERALS SOLITAIRE
Instructions for an educational card game for junior and senior high school students in which they learn to classify a rock/mineral by matching the rock/mineral to its corresponding category and classifica- tion.
members.home.net/kostek/kostek/Teacherpage.html ROCKS AND MINERALS PAGE
Keith Kostek, a teacher from Edmonton, Alberta, created this page for other elementary teachers as a source of background information and lesson plans.
mineral.galleries.com/default.htm THE MINERAL GALLERY
For rock collectors, the Mineral Gallery will be quite a find. This commercial site provides a collection of mineral descriptions (about 400) which can be accessed alphabetically, by class, by interesting groupings (e.g. birthstones), or by a keyword search. Descriptions include a picture, its chemical composition, its structure and physical descriptions (color, fracture, hardness, etc. ). You can purchase speci- mens from this site.
nesen.unl.edu/teacher/activities/geology.html
NEBRASKA EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION NETWORK 10 lesson plans - searching for fossils, telling the story of a rock, etc. www.bwctc.northants.sch.uk/website/html/projects/science/ks34/rocks/ list.html
ROCK IDENTIFICATION SCIENCE PROJECT
Interactive activity where students click on a rock, view the results of 3 different tests on the rock and use a Rock Key to then identify what type of rock it is.
ROCKS AND MINERALS
prising the Human Body; and Look Around, Everything Is Made From Something.)
Teachers should write on school letterhead indicating grade(s) taught. FREE when requested on school letterhead. If the supply of free posters has been exhausted, you can order online.
Mineral Information Institute, 501 Violet Street, Golden, CO 80401 Phone: 303-277-9190, Fax: 303-277-9198 Web: http://www.mii.org
For all materials from this organization, look under these headings: CHEMISTRY, COMPUTERS, HUMAN ANATOMY, ROCKS and MINERALS
MINERAL EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE Can be downloaded FREE from Web site. WHAT MINING MEANS TO AMERICA brochure Single copy FREE to teachers who request it on school letterhead.
National Mining Association, Education Department, 1130 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-463-2665, Fax: 202-847-0135 Email: [email protected], Web site: http://www.nma.org
MIGHTY MINERALS (Teaching unit) Grades 3-4
Produced by Northwest Mining Association. FREE for teachers
Northwest Mining Association, Kenneth Assmus, Director Public Education and Outreach 10 North Post Street, #414, Spokane, WA 99201-0772 Phone: 509-624-1158, FAX: 509-623-1241 E-mail: [email protected], Web site: http://www.nwma.org
AGGREGATES: NATURES BUILDING BLOCKS (poster) 35 x 23 You can see a picture of this poster on the Web site. $3.00
FROM MOUNTAINS TO METALS. (poster) 35 x 23. You can see a picture of this poster on the Web site. $3.00
FROM THE MINE TO MY HOUSE (poster) 35 x 23. You can see a picture of this poster on the Web site. $3.00
MINING AT PLAY (poster) 35 x 23. You can see a picture of this poster on the Web site. $3.00 ROCKS AND MINERALS poster) 35 x 23. You can see a picture of this poster on the Web site. $3.00
www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html ROCK HOUNDS WITH ROCKY
This is a web-based activity for K-12 students through which they will gain an understanding of the rock cycle including how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks form. Theres also a lesson plan for teachers to tie all the activities together.
www.lockport-ny.com/Museum/
LOCKPORT CYBER MUSEUM OF ROCKS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS
The collected specimens from Dr. Peter Buckholtz from his travels through out US, Canada and abroad.
www.macropress.com/rocks.htm ROCK HOUNDS
A 2-day lesson plan on classifying rocks www.mii.org
MINERALS INFORMATION INSTITUTE
Has award-winning curriculum materials available for teachers via this website.
www.minerals.net/
MINERAL AND GEMSTONE KINGDOM
Data on minerals classified in a number of ways, including by alphabet, crystallography, X-ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, and physical and optical properties. The database contains more than 4000 mineral species descriptions along with links to additional information. www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/school/e_mine.htm
MINERALS AND METALS: A WORLD TO DISCOVER This site from national Resources Canada provides: virtual travel to communities closely associated with the production of minerals and metals; information on minerals and metals produced in Canada; a game in which students can discover how minerals and metals contribute to the quality of life; a description of the mining cycle; information on mineral exploration and the mining industry; details about careers in the mining industry; links to other education resources, and a glossary. www.rocksandminerals.com/
ROCKS AND MINERALS.COM
This commercial site has a big selection of specimens and collections for the classroom. They also have some unique specimens such as Moqui Marbles and rock that actually bends! Site also include a link to a MINERAL INFORMATION FINDER.
ROCKS AND MINERALS
www.rogersgroupinc.com/ourcommunities/rockology/index.htm ROCKOLOGY 101
Rogers Group, a highway construction and rock quarry company, provides a site with information about rocks and minerals, the mining process, how these materials affect your life. There are also fun activities associated with the word rock.
www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr4ucesc.html GRADE 4 SCIENCE: FOSSILS AND ROCKS A curriculum guide from Saskatchewan Education www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/games/index.html MINERAL GAMES
SWITCHED ON MINING (poster)
35 x 23. You can see a picture of this poster on the Web site. $3.00
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. PO Box 277002, Littleton, CO 80127 Phone: 1-800-SME-3132, Fax: 303-973-3845 Email: [email protected], Web site: http://www.smenet.org
For all materials from this organization, look under these headings: COAL, ELECTRICITY, ROCKS and MINERALS