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Sustainable Resources 11/12 Support
Sustainable Resources 11 and 12 were developed with input from all of BC's primary resources industries and implemented as formal courses in fall 2008. Like the industries themselves, these are multi-disciplinary courses which integrate science, technology, resource management, social issues, economics and careers. Grade 11 is a survey course which explores the many facets of BC's resource industries: agriculture, fisheries, forestry, mining and energy. Grade 12 allows students to investigate in more detail one of these industries.The following MREPBC resource units have been assessed and included on the BC Ministry of Education's list of recommended resources for their value in addressing the mining curriculum in both courses. The instructional binders for each resource are now available to download as PDFs. Please feel free to browse our relevant Resource Unit sections (links posted below).
Social Studies 10/11 Mining in BC - A Resource Unit
Science of Mining - A Resource Unit
Careers in the Minerals Industry
A package of Sustainable Resources 11/12 Support Materials of AV and print is availabe for $25.00. The Science of Mining experiment materials are also available for $50.00. Both of these resources can be purchased from MREPBC. Please contact , 604-681-4321 ext. 108 to place your order.
BCIT Mining and Mineral Exploration Technology graduate (2010) Bryan Farbridge prepared this presentation on his summer work season in the Cassiar Gold Exploration Camp.
BCIT Mining and Mineral Exploration Technology students at the end of their second year prepare and present a scoping study of a property's potential, an early assesment of mine potential done from early stage exploration projects. View the Taurus Deposit Scoping Study.
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
- Terrestrial Telerobotic Mining Technology by Prof. Greg Baiden, Laurentian University; Terrestrial Telerobotic Mining technology: An Enabler for Extraterrestrial Habitation, Mining and Construction.
- NEW! MREPBC's interactive information activity Use of Minerals in Everyday Life - Bike.
