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    Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Percentage of Copper in Ore part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
    Question Suppose that you are building a new house. It will take about 90 kg (198 pounds) of copper to do the electrical wiring. In order to get the copper in the first place, someone needs to mine solid rock that ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
    Subject: Mathematics, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Scale of the Himalayas part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
    Question Let's imagine a scale model of the Earth, and let's imagine that the Earth is the size of a basketball. Suppose that you wanted to build the Himalayas to scale on the surface of the basketball. ...

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical, Mathematics

    Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Spacecraft Acceleration part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
    Question Suppose someone offered you a ride to the nearest star in a new spacecraft that could travel at half the speed of light, or about 150,000 km/second. In order to reach such a cruising speed, you and the ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
    Subject: Mathematics, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science

    Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Height of the Himalayas part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
    Subject: Mathematics, Geography:Physical