Mining PresentationMining Presentation(Sedimentary Group)(Sedimentary Group)

Read through the following slides carefully! Read through the following slides carefully!

*When you see a*When you see aStop and DISCUSS the question with your Stop and DISCUSS the question with your

partner! partner!

What do you think about this?What do you think about this?

ReflectionsReflections

• Quickly write a few thoughts about the cartoon on the previous slide…

What is Mining? What is Mining?

• http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/stripm.htm

• Write 2-3 steps of how miners prepare land to be mined:

• 1.

• 2.

• 3.

What materials are mined? What materials are mined?

• Talk with your partner and make a list of what materials you think are mined!

• 1)

• 2)

• 3)

• 4)

In Illinois…In Illinois…

• http://www.msha.gov/KIDS/MINING.HTM

What do we mine in Illinois?• • •

Pick another few states in the same Midwest region… Do you notice any similarities in what nearby states

mine?

Mining Vocabulary Mining Vocabulary

Tic- Tac- Toe Vocabulary

• Work with your partner to look up or think of a definition for 3 words in a row, column of diagonal.

• GO TO NEXT PAGE

Choose 3 in a row to define!Choose 3 in a row to define!

Prospecting: Open- Pit Mine: Tunneling:

Gold Panning: Metallurgist: Surface Mining:

Underground Mining: Mine Inspector: Precious Metals:

Mining & the EnvironmentMining & the Environment

• How can surface mining or underground mining harm Earth? – – – –

Read Examples: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/global.htm

Mining SafetyMining Safety

• http://www.mine-explorer.co.uk/open-htm-white-paper.asp?id=1

(It’s very long, just skim through the main points for each!)

If you finish early…If you finish early…

WORD FIND

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/games/search/index.html

TRUE FALSE QUIZ

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/games/true-false/index.html

GUESSING GAME

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/minerals/games/nuggets.html