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|Programs| The Mineral Information Institute (Mii) is a national 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating youth about the science of minerals and other natural resources, and about their importance in our every day lives. Each year Mii works with interested professional and scientific associations, and various government and education agencies, to help classroom teachers develop materials that are directly usable by teachers in a variety of subjects and a multitude of grade levels. All programs require updating and maintenance to ensure their continuing value and use in the classroom. Mii will provide that and will distribute those programs that merit continued use. Supported by corporations, foundations, scientific associations, and individuals from across the nation, Mii distributes these materials free to classroom teachers to supplement existing curricula. More than 110,000 K-12 classroom teachers receive teaching materials from Mii each year. Mii is supported solely by donations. If we have helped you or you believe in what we do, please send a donation.
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1) National Education Project NEP materials also are used as a resource in teacher education programs at some of the 400 colleges and universities who have requested Mii materials.
Subjects Where Teachers Use Mii Materials
Teachers Use Mii In All Grades
2) Global Science: Energy, Resources, Environment As a secondary level laboratory curriculum, Global Science meets more of the National Science Standards because as an integrated science program it draws from traditional biology, chemistry, physics and earth science disciplines. The strong integration of math enables teachers to provide meaningful hands-on projects and the means to process that data. The role of Mii is to supplement the resources of the publisher and author so that the content of the text can be more thoroughly researched, accurate and balanced. Now moving into the 7th Edition, Global Science is one of the largest-selling integrated environmental science high school textbooks in the nation. The George C. Marshall Institute in Washington, DC recently sponsored a national study conducted by the Independent Commission on Environmental Education to evaluate 71 different environmental science textbooks and programs. Project director Kathleen deBettencourt said: "One of the most troubling aspects of this study is the discovery of how superficial the science is in high school environmental science textbooks. These texts are often little more than catalogs of environmental facts and issues. They simply do not teach environmental science ... Global Science is an exception; it pays reasonable attention to the actual science in environmental science." STAFF and DIRECTORS Mii has part-time and full-time staff, and numerous volunteers active in its programs, including its Steering Committee. Committee members are not paid. Mii's fiscal year is October 1 – September 31.
Office Staff
Jacqueline S. Dorr
Patrice Kanagy
Carol A. Kiser
Funding/Support
Mii is supported solely by donations. Nearly
half of the Institute's funding is provided by individuals (including more than
4,200 teachers), by professional engineering, scientific societies and
organizations, and by private foundations. Due to Mii's network of contributing
volunteers from academia, industry, professional societies, and individual
scientists, as well as the volume of teachers Mii now serves, Mii is able to
create, print, and mail five different Teacher Helper packets. While these
educational materials are provided at no cost to teachers, someone has to pay
the cost. And those someones are the individuals and organizations who donate to
Mii. --- Please consider donating.
With word of mouth and repeat requests from teachers, Mii currently is serving
teachers at its financial capacity. More than 35,000 K-12 teachers receive Mii's new program of materials for science and related classroom instruction.
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believes many types of industry must work together to assure our youth understand the science of minerals and natural resources in order to find and use them wisely in the future. Broad corporate representation is critical to our efforts to demonstrate to teachers and students that understanding our natural resources -- based on balanced, fact-based information -- is not an issue espoused by one type of industry, one political faction, or select advocate communities. It is for all of us. We all use minerals; we all depend on them for food, clean water, health, safety, transportation, communication, recreation, cultural expression, and many other things.
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