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Mining for Natural Resources
http://minerva.union.edu/hollochk/pedagogy/files/vo1.pdf
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In this activity, students mine the chips from chocolate chip cookies. They weigh the cookies before and after mining, weigh the chips, and calculate the percent yield. This lab is designed to give students a better understanding of the processes involved in harvesting a natural resource and the impact it has on their environment and community. Analysis and conclusion questions focus on the fact that the mining of nonrenewable natural resources has a dramatic effect on our environment.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Lab activity
Subject:
  • Environmental science
  • Policy issues
Technical requirements:
Adobe Acrobat reader
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
This activity is posted on a web site that is for public dissemination of tried and true labs used for teaching Earth Science.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-006-869
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Populations, resources, environments
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • F - Science in personal / social perspectives:
        • Environmental quality
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Author: Vince Obremski
No organizational affiliation

Publisher: Kurt Hollocher
Geology Department, Union College