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I'm planning to adapt this for an online class. Any modifications that worked well, or good ideas?

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Another possibility might be a mixture of sand and iron filings? The volume ratio between the two could be varied to show a range of ore grades. Separation (obviously) would be with a magnet, but it would be best to have the magnet in a plastic bag to ease "extraction."

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Originally Posted by Alexandra Geddes


I'm planning to adapt this for an online class. Any modifications that worked well, or good ideas?



There was a set of modules that were designed to be taught online and tested through the Penn State global campus. That group ran an InTeGrate workshop about teaching online that wrote about their experiences here:
https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/using/online/index.html

I'd love to hear more from people who have adapted modules on their own into an online format. Were there things that were particularly successful or hard to modify?

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Originally Posted by James Ebert


Another possibility might be a mixture of sand and iron filings? The volume ratio between the two could be varied to show a range of ore grades. Separation (obviously) would be with a magnet, but it would be best to have the magnet in a plastic bag to ease "extraction."



Hi Jim - were you replying to the 'muffin mining' discussion? Iron sounds much more allergy friendly than muffins! But I wonder if that makes the every day item component of the activity less friendly. Has anyone tried this?
(I'm going to try to move this to the other thread).

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These materials are part of a collection of classroom-tested modules and courses developed by InTeGrate. The materials engage students in understanding the earth system as it intertwines with key societal issues. The collection is freely available and ready to be adapted by undergraduate educators across a range of courses including: general education or majors courses in Earth-focused disciplines such as geoscience or environmental science, social science, engineering, and other sciences, as well as courses for interdisciplinary programs.
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