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    Environmentally Sustainable Mining part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
    Stephen Kissin, Lakehead University
    A field trip that illustrates a contrast between environmentally sustainable mining activity and a case of a lack of environmental planning in mining operation and closure.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Non-Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy, Mineral Resources:Mining

    Copper Extraction Demonstration Tutorial part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
    Summary This demonstration uses sulfuric acid and crushed copper ore (malachite) to produce a solution of copper sulfate and carbonic acid in a beaker. When a freshly sanded nail is dropped into the copper sulfate ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Aqueous Solutions, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Systematic Mineralogy:Native Elements, Oxides and Hydroxides, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    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

    Quantitative Classroom Exercises part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Steven Schafersman, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin
    The four exercises give students an opportunity to use their knowledge of graphs, algebra, and maps to solve simple geological problems.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Geology:Geomorphology, Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review