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Rocks and Minerals in your life

Unit: Module 14 Uranium Refinement, Distribution and Uses

This lesson has been adapted for Saskatchewan. The original lesson is from the EdGeo Publication Bringing Earth Science to Life: Natural Resources...

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Physical Separation of Minerals

Unit: Module 23 Potash Mining and Production

This lesson has been adapted for Saskatchewan. The original lesson is from the EdGeo Publication Bringing Earth Science to Life...

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Coal Mining – Surface lesson plan

Unit: Module 16 Coal Formation, Location and Exploration

The original idea for this lesson comes from a lesson by Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. It has been adapted for Saskatchewan schools by the SMA with help from Emily Clauson, Environmental Engineer at Poplar River Mine...

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Rocks and Minerals in your life

Unit: Module 24 Potash Refinement, Distribution, Use and Economic Significance

This lesson has been adapted for Saskatchewan. The original lesson is from the EdGeo Publication Bringing Earth Science to Life: Natural Resources...

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Coal Mining – Surface lesson plan

Unit: Module 17 Coal Mining Methods, Production and Uses

The original idea for this lesson comes from a lesson by Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. It has been adapted for Saskatchewan schools by the SMA with help from Emily Clauson, Environmental Engineer at Poplar River Mine...

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Sustainability Lesson Plan

Unit: Module 4 Sustainability

This activity was originally developed by L. Lesperance, K. Stewart, N. Stumborg, of Areva Resources Canada Ltd. for the Saskatchewan Mining Association’s MAP (Minerals and Products) event...

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Core sampling and Ore Deposits

Unit: Module 12 Uranium Formation, Location, and Exploration

Students will explore two of the methods of ore deposit location, the airborne magnetometer survey and core drilling. Students will identify a primary target through the airborne survey and follow-up with a drill program...

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Rocks and Minerals in your life

Unit: Module 17 Coal Mining Methods, Production and Uses

This lesson has been adapted for Saskatchewan. The original lesson is from the EdGeo Publication Bringing Earth Science to Life: Natural Resources...

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Potash Solution Mining Model

Grades: 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, & 12. In a hands-on, inquiry, and model making challenge, students are hired as mining engineers to bring the potash to the surface without using underground workers. Students learn about mechanical mixtures, solutions, solubility, dissolution, and evaporation through inquiry based experimentation.

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Finders Miners

Unit: Module 12 Uranium Formation, Location, and Exploration

This lesson has been adapted from a lesson in Ground Rules, a series of lesson plans developed by Caterpillar and Science North, as well as Saskatchewan Mining Association’s Mining For Peanuts in the Teacher Resource Unit and the Women in Mining’s Mining In A Nutshell lesson...

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Mineral Potential and Mines in Saskatchewan

Unit: Module 22 Potash Formation, Location, and Exploration

Using maps and online resources students will determine what minerals occur in the ground below their school; where to prospect for diamonds and other minerals; and where Saskatchewan’s current mines are located...

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Place Matters: Interweaving Indigenous Storytelling into Mineral Resource Education

Grades: 4 - 12. The Place Matters Unit was created by combining Indigenous storytelling, existing mining in Saskatchewan resources, and curriculum connections into an impactful and thought-provoking unit about mineral resource development. There are four main topics within the unit. Use maps and stories to understand the importance of place to oneself. Build a habitat while learning about environmental sustainability. Explore the rock cycle and mining cycle while learning that rocks are sacred. When a chocolate chip cookie, or a candy filled cake / cupcake is placed in the habitat, students work together as a mining company to develop collaborative agreements, reclamation plans, and exploration studies to mine their resources sustainably within their habitats.

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Mineral Exploration and Core sampling

Unit: Module 12 Uranium Formation, Location, and Exploration

This lesson was develop by D. Klassen and M. Batty (Exploration Geologists, Cameco) for the Saskatchewan Mining Association’s Minerals and Products (MAP) event...

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Chem 30 Potash Mining – Removing the KCl from the Ore

Unit: Module 23 Potash Mining and Production

Students will discover how mining companies process the raw ore of potash (sylvinite) to produces the desirable potassium chloride (KCl). The students are given the task of separating the valuable KCl (sylvite) from the NaCl (halite) and gangue minerals in the ore...

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Investigating Careers in the Mining Industry (2015)

Grades: 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Embark on a thrilling journey to explore careers in the mining industry based on your unique personality traits! In this exciting activity inspired by Holland's Personality Career Test, students dive into the fascinating world of mining by discovering their personality type among six categories: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Through fun matching exercises, students uncover career paths tailored to each personality category, providing an engaging way to learn more about potential career options in mining.

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Mineral Exploration Stream sediment sampling

Unit: Module 12 Uranium Formation, Location, and Exploration

In this activity, students use information from geochemical surveys (stream sediment and soil samples) to predict the location of a mineral deposit...

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Grade 7 ECR – Potash Solution Mining Dissolving Potash

Unit: Module 23 Potash Mining and Production

This lesson plan has been adapted from an activity developed by Murray Schultz (Chief Chemist, Mosaic Potash) for the SMA Teacher GeoVenture Tour and Showcase 2008, and from a lesson plan developed by Larry Bogdan (Teacher, Avonlea School, Prairie South School Division)...

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Marble Hopper Challenge

Grades: 7-12. In this challenge learners will design and construct a “hopper” to hold marbles, which will have a mechanism to automatically drop marbles when something is detected at the desired distance. This challenge involves designing and constructing the hopper, as well as developing and programming the circuit.

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Mineral Exploration Using Magnetics

Unit: Module 12 Uranium Formation, Location, and Exploration

This lesson has been modified from a lesson developed for Oresome Resources...

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Grade 7 ECR – Potash Solution Mining Recovering Dissolved Potash

Unit: Module 23 Potash Mining and Production

This lesson plan has been adapted from an activity developed by Murray Schultz (Chief Chemist, Mosaic Potash) for the SMA Teacher GeoVenture Tour and Showcase 2008, from a lesson plan developed by Larry Bogdan (Teacher, Avonlea School, Prairie South School Division)...