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Teacher Packet #3 - Everyday Uses of Minerals.
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"Everyday Uses of Minerals"
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Whats in a Pencil Besides Wood
- 4 pages

The History of Gold is the History of the World

A Bright Smile from Toothpaste & Minerals

How Many Minerals Does it Take to Make a Light Bulb

Find Out Where the Sidewalk Begins

You Are What You Eat - Nutrition

Look At All the Minerals You Use -
4 page unit (pdf, 364K)

The Sound of Music is the Sound of Metals At Work

Find Out What's Beyond the Looking Glass

Money: Made of Metal and Promises


What's in A Pencil Besides Wood has a 4-Page Activity Guide to support this graphic

  • Do You Know it takes resources from 2 different countries and 6 states to make a pencil?


Download all 10 Dig A Little Deeper
graphics in color for reproduction (pdf, 1.9Mb)

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are Great Support for these Lessons
(about $2 each poster)


FREE: Download the Complete Units Individually
(all pdf format)

What's in a Pencil Besides Wood -
4 page unit (pdf, 202K)
The History of Gold is the History of the World -
8 page unit (pdf, 459K)
A Bright Smile from Toothpaste & Minerals -
4 page unit (pdf, 150K)
How Many Minerals Does It Take To Make a Light Bulb- 6 page unit (pdf, 798K)
Find Out Where the Sidewalk Begins -
8 page unit (pdf, 437K)
You Are What You Eat - 4 page unit (pdf, 287K)
Look At All the Minerals You Use -
4 page unit (pdf, 364K)
What's Really in Paper Besides Wood -
Graphic Only (pdf, 144K)
Sound of Music is the Sound of Metals at Work - Graphic Only (pdf, 21K)

Find out What's Beyond the Looking Glass -
2 page unit (pdf, 199K)
Money: Made of Metal and Promises -
Graphic Only (pdf, 132K)

PLUS . . . .
Rocks Are Made of Minerals -
4 page unit (pdf, 88K)
The Origin of Mineral Names -
1 page unit (included with Rocks Are Made of Minerals) (pdf, 37K)
Make Your Own Volcano Activity -
4 page unit (pdf, 334K)
Mountain Building - Folding and Faulting -
2 page unit (pdf, 123K)


 

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Wonder of Crystals (16 X 25)
Large and colorful photographs of 20 crystal specimens.

The Amazing Story of Gold (23 X33)
Gold has played a major role in civilization since the beginning of recorded history-more than 6,000 years. Today, computers can't operate without it. Poster filled with gold facts.

 

Wonder of Minerals (16 X 25)
Large and colorful photographs of 20 mineral specimens that are commonly mined.

 


How Gold Is Produced (20 X 33)
Artist's rendition of the various stages involved in the exploration, mining, and processing of a gold ore body, and the reclamation of the site to restore the land for other uses.


 


5 Different  Teacher Helper Packets A Study of the Earth Everything We Have Comes from Natural Resources Everyday Uses of Minerals Creating A Universe Natural Resources we Use

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