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Grade 5 Integrated Resource Unit on Mining
Intermediate students enjoy the opportunity to learn about mineral resources and the mining process in school! This resource is written with a thematic approach to mining, integrating learning across the curriculum. Students examine mining in the past, present and future. They also learn about mining communities, the discovery and recovery of ore deposits, the uses of metals in modern society, mining careers, and mining and the environment.The resource includes a 356 page instructional binder and a wealth of support materials.
The Grade 5 Integrated Resource Unit on Mining is available to teachers and student teachers only through a half-day instructional workshop.
French translations of the student activity sheets in the Grade 5 binder are available to teachers who attend the workshop.
Grade 5 Integrated Resource Unit on Mining kit details
Grade 5 Integrated Resource Unit on Mining curriculum correlations
Supplemental Materials:
- MREPBC's Rocks & Dirt Just Aren't My Thing...Or Are They? activity book.
- The MREPBC produced the Industrial Mineral Operations in British Columbia:Teacher Information and Student Activities (PDF), which is focused on the industrial minerals of BC.
- MREPBC's Rockstar 101 presentation can be downloaded for classroom use.
- The Green Uses of Minerals table.
- The Uses of Minerals in Sports table.
- A History of Mining and Mineral Exploration in Canada (NRCan)
- Historique de l'Exploration Minérale et de l'Exploitation Miniere au Canada (RNCan)
- A Chronology of Minerals Development in Canada - extracted from the CIM 100th Anniversary Publication.
- NEW! MREPBC's interactive information activity Minerals in Everyday Life - Bike.
Find out when the Next In-Service Workshop for the Grade 5 Unit is being presented.
