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Teacher Packet #3 - Everyday Uses of Minerals.
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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?

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"Everyday Uses of Minerals"
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In This Packet
:

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

This packet contains our series of Dig A Little Deeper guides.
There are 10 in the series:
How Many Countries Does It Take To Make A Pencil?
The History of Gold is the History of the World
A Bright Smile from Toothpaste and Minerals
How Many Minerals Does It Take To Make a Light Bulb
Money: Made of Metal and Promises
Find Out Where the Sidewalk Begins
What’s Really in Paper Besides Wood
Find Out What’s Beyond the Looking Glass
The Sound of Music is the Sound of Metals at Work
Health & Nutrition Begin with Minerals and Metals
. . . and a few other helpful tidbits

Find Out What's Beyond the Looking Glass

Money: Made of Metal and Promises
 

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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)

 

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


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