NEW: The Luxury of Travel - Student log and surveying activity to help your students learn what their travel habits are, and decide what to change to conserve energy. 

Mineralized Map of Alaska: Major mineralization is known to occur in Alaska.

Is It Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?: Take your pick from the items on these two pages. It’s not as easy as you think.

Our Basic Needs- Food, Clothing, Shelter: An introductory list to think about - “Where Things Come From.”

A Classroom Full of Resources: 4 pages. Includes guide and suggested activities for students to realize everything in the school and home is made of resources. Includes classroom identification and coloring page. Two-page list and description of how mineral resources are used throughout their home.

Clothing Matters, Let’s Learn About Clothes : 2 pages. What are clothes made from? Living or non-living resources. Extensive connections and activities, plus student work sheet to find out what they are wearing.

Map of Major Coal Fields in the U.S.: Showing the major regions where the four different types of coal are found, and mined.

How Much Electricity Does It Take to Light Your Classroom : Or your entire school or your house. Plus map and facts page on where coal comes from, plus a math guide for you to look at the electricity use in your home.

Home on the Range : was the original song really written by mining prospectors high in the Colorado Rockies? Read the history, study the verses, and find out what the original publisher of the song says.

Uses of Common Minerals : 3 pages of brief descriptions of the most common minerals and their uses. Good for reference and/or quick study.

Mining Long Ago & Today : Two coloring pages to help recognize the difference between the image of the lone prospector a hundred years ago, and today’s mining industry.

Natural Resources Matter : Everything is made from a natural resource. Classroom instructions and games are included. 4 pages.

An Appreciation of the Earth and All It Provides : An introduction to recognizing and appreciating the Earth as the source for all the natural resources we depend upon. 3 pages, including two coloring pages.

The Earth - Nature’s Storehouse : 2 pages. What are mineral resources? How are they distributed in nature? How are they used to supply food? And more.

Map of Known Oil and Gas Fields in the lower United States.

People and the Earth : How ancient people used minerals, definitions of an ore body, and games.

Per Capita Use of Minerals in the U.S. : Every year, 47,000 pounds of new minerals must be mined for every person in the United States just to maintain our standard of living. Graphic shows which minerals and metals, and how much.

A World of Resources : Almost everything we have and use comes from our mineral resources, yet no country in the world is self-sufficient in producing these resources to meet their needs. Find out a little about the U.S. and the resources we don’t produce. 

Copper- The Ancient Metal : Used for at least 4,000 years. The history of copper, its uses, and description of the various copper ores.

Farming Long Ago & Today: Two coloring pages to help recognize the difference between the romantic, but hard working image of farming a hundred years ago, and farming today.

Geology and Natural Resource Development : Two page description of what geology is, the formation of mineral resources, and the steps involved in making a mineral resource useful.

Mineral Import Reliance Chart : Chart showing 37 different minerals and metals that the U.S. needs to import from other countries to meet our needs and sustain our economy and jobs.

Land Poster : One page graphic showing all the different ways land is used.

How Do We Use Our Land : A sequential, six-page thinking and writing activity to help people look at land, think about what it could, should, or must be, and decide what they would do if they were “King of the Land.” Includes a poster showing many of the uses we want our land to provide.

Mining Legends : Legend of the Lost Dutchman (with map activity) and historic facts of the first authenticated gold discovery in the United States. 4 pages.

Project Vadar : What if you had to colonize Mars? What would you need to take? What skills and talents would you have to have? Believe me, Michael Jordan and Madonna have no place in this world.

MII Baby : Graphic showing the 3.5 million pounds of various minerals and metals the average American will need in their lifetime.

Map of Mineralized Areas of the U.S.: Where are the major mineral deposits located in the United States? Is it likely to be on public or private land?

Role of Minerals in Plant Growth & Health : 7 coloring & activity pages of information about the important role of nitrogen, potassium, and phosphate in healthy plants. There are 13 other elements necessary for healthy plants.

Recycling Metals : Aluminum isn’t the only metal being recycled, nor is it the most recycled metal. There’s lots going on and these two pages will provide you a little information.

Map of Sand & Gravel Mines in the U.S. : Map of counties in the U.S. where sand & gravel and crushed rock is mined to build your roads, buildings, and many other things you use every day.

Known Occurrences of Mineral Resources in the United States . 2 pages.

Build A Volcano : A cut-color-paste activity to learn about the different types of volcanoes, showing the underground workings that make them “work.” 3 pages.

Your House : Where do all the materials used to build your house come from?

Minerals Make Christmas : More than 20 minerals play a vital role in helping us celebrate the Christmas Holidays. Find out how in this 2-page activity.