Teacher's Comments

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Here is what our customers say about Mii.

"I used the packet you sent last year and plan to utilize your new packet just as much."
Megan Pierfy - Trenton, New Jersey - Science, English, Reading - 6th, 7th & 8th grades

"Yes, I will really use Mii materials. Our science curriculum is weak. We need to educate our children in science."
Sherry Roepke - Tullahoma, Tennessee - All subjects - Kindergarten

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J.M. Erdman - Wisconsin

"The list of how I use your material goes on and on. The iron in the cereal experiment will be used during our electricity/magnetism unit. We just finished astronomy. The information about the gold plated Hubble telescope was shared. The article on mirrors and reflection fits into our current unit on light. The material on money fits our third and fourth grade economic unit. The pencil article fits our simple machines and invention unit. Geology is coming up soon and information and posters will be used creatively. Third grade just finished a dental health unit and made toothpase. I'll share the tooth page with them!!"
Jan Taylor - Ohio

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Joan Boyle - San Diego, California - All subjects - 3rd grade

"Your materials came at a wonderful time. Thank you very much."
Barbara Whipley - Armed Forces/Pacific - All subjects - 7th grade

"I will absolutely use your materials. I teach a 10-week unit "What Good Are Rocks" Everything you sent is being used and appreciated very much."
Kathy Rusert - Mena, Arkansas - All subjects - 1st grade

"Honestly, Mii is my primary source for information about rocks and minerals."
Becki Braithwait - Richland, Missouri - All subjects - 4th grade

"Perfect timing. Posters went up the day they were received. I'll be using pages from your "Basic Needs" booklet now. Your maps are excellent. Parts of both packets will become integral parts of at least three science units for my students."
Nancy Lasher - Maryland

"This is exactly what I teach! Your materials are very practical. They connect the classroom to real life very effectively. Keep me on your mailing list. I love your stuff."
Jim Blackie - California

"I will use your materials to model teaching strategies with my undergraduates (Carthage College). These are good materials."
Barbara Boe - Wisconsin

"I am really impressed with your materials. I like the range of subjects covered. Thank you."
Michelle Ganon - Westlake Village, California - All subjects - 2nd to 4th grades

"Your teacher guide will be the core of my geology study unit. Your material provides the most complete information I have found concerning mining and minerals."
Jeannette Webb - Custer City, Oklahoma - Science - 4th to 6th grades

"Your materials are great because they impact the lives of every student. They are well done and improve the awareness of not only the subject presented but how they relate to the students and their environment. Thank you."
Rick Habel - San Antonio, Texas - Social Studies, Reading - 6th, 7th & 8th grades

"Your materials are excellent. They are teacher friendly and students become motivated by using them. Thanks."
Vernon Garbe - Marshall, Minnesota - Science - 5th grade

"Yes I will really use your materials. I like to show a country's mineral wealth, explain their uses, and show how nations trade them."
Phillip Hart - Monticello, Indiana - World Geography - 7th grade

"It is through programs such as yours that teachers are able to balance the scales, showing the real picture. Your materials are great-keep up the good work."
Mark Barton - Gainesville, Georgia - Earth Science - 8th grade

"Students re always amazed and surprised to learn that everything is made from our natural resources (so re many adults)."
Patricia Archuleta - Science - 6th, 7th & 8th grades

"The more students know about how the "real" world works, the better off they are. Kids want the truth and they want to be included in knowing how things work and what they are made of."
Sheri McAfee - Suwanee, Georgia - All subjects - Primary grades

"You provide great supplementary resource materials. Excellent pictorial guides. Excellent guides to enhance the teaching process."
Albert Abelha - South Dartmouth, Massachusetts - Science & Math - 5th grade

"Children are bombarded with the idea that mining, etc., hurts the earth, so it is really helpful to be able to show how we would not have life as we know it without mining."
Vicki Gossett - Woodstock, Georgia - Media Specialist - Elementary

"Mii is an invaluable and trustworthy source of information. I don't know what I did before I found Mii."
April Coleman - Loganville, Georgia - Science, Language Arts - 6th, 7th & 8th grades

"The materials that Mii provides allows us to supplement the curriculum with more useful information."
Sarah Teach - East Point Georgia - All subjects - 1st grade

"You are doing a great job. Each packet seems to get better and better. Lessons come alive for the students."
Diane Gibbons - Waimanalo, Hawaii - All subjects - 5th grade

"It is very important to remind everyone of the importance of mining to our lives."
Melvin Schmidt - Lake Charles, Louisiana - Anatomy & Physiology - University students

"Your materials are great and apply to a large age span. Thank you so much."
Carol Morgan - Salem, Oregon - All subjects - 1st, 4th, & 7th grades

"The materials included in your packets means that I don't have to spend more time researching, hence I am more likely to teach it now."
Namaste Anderson - Portsmouth, Virginia - All subjects - 1st grade

"I look forward to your free packets because they are so useful and give me a lot of ideas for future lessons. Nothing like this can be bought in a store."
Maryanne Garafano - Johnston, Rhode Island - All subjects - 3rd grade

"I will share your materials with my student teachers. I place over 200 per year."
Dale Hurwitz - Connecticut

"Students are learning far more than normal with materials like these. Continue coming out with materials."
Ellis Wright - Georgia

"To stimulate student's interest in learning and to deepen their understanding of natural resources is vital! Your materials help us do that."
Joanne Marziani - Maryland

"Last year when I first taught Earth Science, I was desperate for materials. You saved my life!"
Laura Walsh - California

"Your materials make a reason to study minerals."
Helen Camp - Georgia

"I definitely use your wonderful materials to supplement and extensive Rocks & Minerals unit. Students love this unit. Many leave 4th grade with a different perspective on the products they use."
Lunda Wise - Roscommon, Michigan - All subjects - 4th grade

"I used your lessons right away with my 7th graders in my environmental unit-they enjoyed it. "
Marie Olson-Badeau - St. Albans, Vermont - Life skills and Math - 6th, 7th & 8th grades

"Your materials brought things home for students-connecting natural resources with everyday objects they use."
Denise Olesak - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - All subjects - 2nd grade

"Your resource packets are a very good method to provide teachers with successful ways of teaching a very important subject like natural resources."
Rafat Khan - Dallas, Texas - All subjects - 1st & 3rd grades

"The material from Mii is some of my most current information. I'd never really thought about the extent of mineral use and the wide range of products that depend on mining."
Ann Hollar - Huntington, Indiana - All subjects - 5th grade

"Your materials are really used. Keep me on your mailing list."
Crystal Scillitani - Raleigh, North Carolina - All subjects - 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades

"Great activity sheets. Ready to go for teachers. Excellent time savers for us and fun for students."
Laura Bixby - San Jose, California - Life Science, Gen. Science - 7th & 8th grades

"How fortunate we are to have people like Mii who care enough about education to provide such wonderful materials. I use your materials to demonstrate to college students what is available in science education."
Paul Champion - Highland Heights, Kentucky - School of Education No. - Kentucky Univ.

"Your materials tie in with the ecology graduation standards for Minnesota. I love that you show what's involved in making the things we all take for granted."
Terese Seitz - Elk River, Minnesota - Sciences - High School

"We definitely need and appreciate your information. I was so excited to receive your materials."
Cindy Burney - Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Science - 6th grade

"The students have no clue that they rely on minerals to live and to maintain their current lifestyle. Your materials help students come to see how and why minerals are important to them. Thank you so much."
Beth Moeller - St. Charles, Michigan - Science - 7th grade

"Mii helps teachers to facilitate concepts of minerals and their uses in everyday objects. Mii also helps teachers to integrate minerals and their uses into various content areas. You save time for teachers."
Karen Paquette - U. of Texas, San Antonio - Student Teacher

"You are the best resource I've come across. I'm glad one of my colleagues shared. Keep sending materials."
Sue Sacquitne - Rogers, Minnesota - All subjects - 3rd grade

"With the help of your wonderful resources, the importance of our natural resources will be better understood. The knowledge of where things come from is a learning experience."
Sophie Saravelas - Springfield, Massachusetts - . All subjects - 2nd & 3rd grades

"Your materials help stretch limited funding for supplies."
Mary Sparr - Westphalia, Missouri - Earth Science, Chemistry, Physical Science

"I was looking for additional information on minerals and how things are made. Teachers do a more effective job if they have the needed resources to correlate with their lessons."
Sabrina Scott - Chicago, Illinois - All subjects - 1st grade

"Your lessons are very easy to adapt for grades 2 to 5. Provide more materials if possible."
Donna Lachow - Tamarac, Florida - Science - Pre-K to 5th grades

"Your materials are very good and the posters are a big help."
Michelle Hudgins - Crossville, Tennessee - Social Studies & Science - Kindergarten

"You are a fabulous resource that makes earth science interesting for children."
Becky Livingston - Boise, Idaho - All subjects - Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd grades

"I use your materials in science lessons, social studies, and reading comprehension. Thank you."
Betty Rhoads - Beebe, Arkansas - All subjects - 1st grade

" I will use your material year after year, touching at least 100 students yearly."
Sharon Rothwell - Hazelhurst, Georgia - Science - 6th grade

" I'd like to thank you for all of the materials you've sent. I truly appreciate it."
Diana Yost - Hooven, Ohio - All subjects - 3rd grade

"At present, I am using your materials in a persuasive speech activity about the usefulness of mining. I appreciate your work."
Tracie Tycakowski - Pulaski, Wisconsin - Student Teacher 

"It helps the teacher whenever information like yours is at our fingertips."
Hope Beaver - Pensacola, Florida - Student Teacher

"Your material reaches kids in a unique, refreshing, real life way."
Char Tuohy - Mokena, Illinois - Learning Disabled - 5th to 8th grades

"I use your materials every year."
Julie Rogers - St. Louis, Missouri - Science & Math 4th grade

"Your materials are thought provoking to teachers as well as students."
Laura Glise Georgia

"Your materials coordinate well with the unit on metals and minerals in ChemCom (chemistry textbook). I put it to use immediately."
Kathy Teski - Loveland, Ohio - Chemistry High School

"Mii is able to provide teachers with important and useful ideas and materials we would not have access to otherwise.
Christiane Fluegge - Seward, Nebraska - Music, Soc. Studies, Lang. Arts Middle School

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Carolyn Hicks - Pensacola, Florida - Earth Science, Biology, Environmental Science

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Lou Camilotto - Lafayette, Indiana - Geography High School

"Student textbooks do a poor job, so I get information from sources such as Mii. Thank you for providing this service- it is very much appreciated."
Amy Threatt - Ruffin, South Carolina - Chemistry, Biology, Physics - High School

"Your materials re clear, grade appropriate, cross curriculum, and expand materials already in use. Your materials re more current that our textbooks. Thank you."
Shirley Ayers - Woonsocket, Rhode Island - All subjects - 3rd grade

"Your materials add activities and ideas to bring excitement to our curriculum.
Marie Lowe - Avella, Pennsylvania - All subjects - 5th grade

" We use your posters for discussion and the teacher's guide to do activities in class. Thanks for sending me this packet. It is very valuable.
Tina Floyd - Cowpens, South Carolina - Science - 7th grade

" Keep sending a variety of information to us on a regular basis. We do use it.
Crystal Collins - Kingfield, Maine - Science, Language Arts - 6th, 7th & 8th grades

" I never planned on teaching "geology" to elementary students until I heard your ideas!!
Rebecca Book - Colorado

" With all the environmental restrictions being placed on mining & other industry, it's important that the next generation be aware of the importance of mining in our lives.
Lea Lehman - California

"We need to educate students to let them know where our high standard of living comes from.
Susan Allan - Sudbury, Ontario

"It is through education that public opinion changes from negative to positive. "
DeAnn A. Luther - Mississippi

"We need to teach them with "real" information, written by people who really know about the subject. "
Steve R. Gagne - Maine

"My Earth Science Unit has great visuals and activities largely because of Mii materials. The better the visuals and activities the more the students learn! Perhaps I am teaching a future miner or scientist. "
Karen Kelley - Kansas

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Sara Garnand - Arizona

"We must spend two weeks teaching coal conservation, so the packets are very helpful. "
Valarie Carter - Virginia

"Teaching geology and mining requires current information, hand-outs, and materials for labs. Without this material the subject is reduced to just a reading assignment. "
Andrea McDougall - Idaho

"The mining info is wonderful. Most of the information you provide would be hard to find elsewhere. "
Jennifer Spitzer - Pennsylvania

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Patricia Grady - Texas

"Excellent materials: adaptable to language arts, science, social studies, art, etc. Keep it coming. There is a big need for elementary school materials. "
Richard Barragan - California

"The media and many public agencies only provide one side of the energy industry issues, thank you for the "other half of the story." "
Sandi Krebs - Colorado

"Your posters are great. Appealing and good discussion materials. I've just finished writing a unit based on your materials to use next month. "
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Kelly Allison - Arkansas

"Your materials are great additions to my units on chemistry, natural resources, and the Earth. Your material is a strong part of my lab activities!! "
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"Your information is dependable and reliable. We need support from organizations like you to assist our education program. "
Luann Adkisson - Colorado

"The information is especially helpful because it is pre-organized. I just have to pull a specific file and everything is there. The materials I have seen from Mii are quality & practical resources. Extremely helpful for building my files. "
Lisa Anne Rawhani - Alaska

"Today, we went on a walk through our school to identify how many things are made out of rocks and minerals. The children were very excited. Keep sending me your resources-they are perfect for science in 1st Grade. "
Sherri Rogers - Minnesota

"I often use your materials where I don't expect, as in anthropology or sociology. Students often take minerals for granted knowledge will bring awareness and support for the mining industry. "
Kathrine Thomson - Colorado

"Students have a difficult time realizing the origin of products. Keep including appropriate background knowledge with the materials. "
Amy Landry - Louisiana

"The "Basic Needs" book can be used as a teaching guide for years to come. "
Emma Lea Akers - Kentucky

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Carol Gibson - North Dakota

"Keep sending the lessons- they are easy to use and easily adapt to our curriculum. "
Jeanne Ecton - Maryland

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Ryan Meyer - Missouri

"We really need you as part of our team-without support like Mii, I'm an island. "
R. J. McCandless - Arizona

"This material is great and will easily adapt to the grade levels I teach. Teachers need resources like these. Just wait until I show my fellow teachers! "
Marcia Teter - Missouri

"Mii materials are practical and contain activities and information developed by professionals in this area of expertise. "
Curriculum Materials Center - University of Dayton-Ohio

"I don't know how you could improve your materials. Without you, I would have no source for this information, which is invaluable. "
Stephanie Recore - Maine

"Your materials work and we do use them, and kids learn from them. Keep doing what you do. "
Patti Rust - New Mexico

"I use your materials to show the kids what it takes to get to the finished product. It's not magic. Your materials are great. Keep it up. "
Kathleen Johnson - North Dakota

"We discuss the importance of resources to a country's economy. Posters are great, they show students how resources are used. "
Joyce Perkins - Ohio

"The material I have received from you is outstanding. I see no need to improve, only continue. Funds are limited, receiving free info, posters, lessons, etc. is a big help and greatly appreciated. "
Dori Lijewski - Pennsylvania

"This information is not accessible in our libraries. Very classroom friendly. My primary source for rocks & minerals information is your wonderful posters, packets, booklets you have sent in the past. "
M.T. Schoeneberg - Wisconsin

"I actually have less money to spend on supplies than I did 23 years ago. If it weren't for contributors like you, my students would suffer. My thanks. "
Elizabeth Ballard - Michigan

"The materials provided were clear, easy to read, and fun. The children loved it! "
Jeanne Daigle - Louisiana

"The materials are great. You can add other teachers in my department to your mailing list. Many teachers have no way to get good information on rocks and minerals. "
Carolyn Cromer - So. Carolina

"Without your help, minerals and mining wouldn't get as much coverage in the classroom. "
Dennis Mize - Florida

"I convert some of your materials to Braille for blind students. "
Alan Roth - Washington

"I am really looking forward to using this material. I think they are great and I don't know how to improve them. "
Donna Montgomery - New Jersey

"The more young people know about the essential role of minerals in their lives, the more apt they are to support responsible development of our natural resources. "
Linda Forward - Texas

"As a resource teacher, this is what I need. "
Gail Walker - No. Carolina

"You bring good and accurate information which teachers can pass on. I welcome the new activities and publish them to district science teachers at elementary level. Thanks for your help. "
J. M. Erdman - Wisconsin

"You are my only access to low cost quality materials. I could never afford to provide up-to-date quality materials for our students. "
Kristina Hardwick - Louisiana

"Natural resources are an important part of 3rd grade curricula. We will play 20 Questions and design our own poster called "Where do things come from?" "
Barbara McKee - Virginia

"The material sent was detailed and easy to follow. "
Paula Galley - Utah

"Your materials are great to teach foreign students about America. "
Erin Reilly - Japan

"Very interesting. This is hands-on or can be adapted. Great Stuff!! "
Kathlyn Zelasko - New Mexico

"The posters included were excellent. They were age appropriate and a great take off for a discussion on the role of minerals and mining in our society. "
Bev. McAmis - California

"Teachers use these materials. We want more! "
S. Vandike - Missouri

"I own a Day Care and mineral information is a very good way to start children in thinking about their surroundings. "
Tracy Toutchedque - Texas

"There are so many activities to pick and choose from. You are an excellent resource. Materials will be used to illustrate concepts of minerals everywhere. "
Candice Scola - New Jersey

"These materials are usually the only information that teachers receive about rocks and minerals. Our students wouldn't have a chance to learn about them, without the materials. "
Kristina Conti - Ohio

"For urban students there are limited opportunities to do rock collecting. These materials show how minerals are a part of each child's everyday life. "
J. Seluga - New York

"This particular packet fits right into the metamorphic, sedimentary, and igneous rock portion of my unit. "
Paula Stewart - Michigan

"With your materials students are able to take a high and active, hands-on, look at science. "
Nancy James - South Carolina

"Teachers need all the help they can get to make science and learning relevant to today's student. "
Doris M. Vazquez - California

"The children will enjoy actually "seeing" where rocks, minerals, etc. come from, rather than just by reading in a basal text! "
Colleen Kirvin New York

"The fact that the mining industry is willing to participate in educating children shows that the industry is interested in teaching children how to use our resources properly and with a conscience. "
Mary Jane Schnwier New York

"By contributing free materials it gives schools with little money the information to teach geology. Every child loves to learn about their world. They are our next geologists. "
Kris Riddell - Illinois

"YOU are the experts in this information. Our teachers are the experts in sharing it with students. "
Donna Patterson - Ohio

"Your materials represent an island of honesty and accuracy in an ocean of 'advocacy education' replenished by incorrect, special interest manipulation. "
Tedd Furse - Utah

"These materials help balance the amount of material we receive telling us that all use of resources is bad. "
Richard Oates - Florida

"Without your materials there is a hole in our curriculum that we didn't know existed. Most books do not tell the general public about the benefits of mining - just the destruction. "
Alisyn Bennett - Pennsylvania

"I couldn't believe how many great resources were in the packet! The material is so relevant and 'real world' that my students are really getting fired up about rocks and minerals. "
Mary Meisling - Michigan

"Your free material brings ideas, concepts, and applications to the classroom that I had not though about before or that I would not have taken the initiative to find out about. "
Margaret Brinker - Colorado

"Materials such as these provide teachers with a different perspective from which to approach subjects. They often provide ideas I wouldn't otherwise have considered. "
Cheri Garcher - Ohio

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Stacy Buchanan - Kansas

"We must tell our side of the story - environmental groups get too much 'free air time'. "
Melvin E. Schmidt - Louisiana

"This packet has been like a gift from heaven...because good educational materials are becoming more difficult to obtain due to budget cuts. "
Betsy Ward - Florida

"Fourth graders love rocks! You should have seen how many rocks came into the room when we studied this unit. "
Kristine Drinnon - Arizona

"I had a guest speaker from the limestone quarry come in and I am planning to take my class to ASARCO Mineral Discovery Center before May. "
Paula Maxwell - Arizona

"I will add these materials to our Rocks and Minerals Trunk to Loan to teachers. "
Margaret Stephens - Colorado

"Louisiana does not have things such as gold mines, so for state's like ours this information is the only knowledge some students may receive. "
Tina Mitchel - Louisiana

"This material is greatly needed. There doesn't seem to be enought material available on kids levels that have the interest and enthusiasm that materials from Mii seem to have. "
Donna M. Heaton - Tennessee

"We do not have access to materials that present rocks, mineral & elements in such a real-worl related form. The posters provide a visual display about rock and minerals that cannot be compared to any other posters I have. "
Carolyn Robinson - Tennessee

"The gift of this knowledge will provide a return on the investment in the lives of students which is more precious than gold! "
Laura Duttweiler - Georgia

"Unlike most material I work with, these materials are constructed in an interdisciplinary mode - this is their strong suit. Geologic learning cannot be done in a vacuum. The society, the culture, the politics of an era determines much of the learning and retention students will acquire. Holistic approaches such as this is what teaching is all about. "
Elizabethann Bascome - New York

"Please tell Mii's contributors that my district helps me with $60 per year for conferences AND supplies. Completely inadequate! "
Donna Driskill - Louisiana

"The children need exposure to careers and industry. The emphasis on interdependence of many areas of the world in the production of products is very important. "
Judy Fosten - Texas

"I use these materials across the curriculum because it helps children see how these minerals are used in our daily lives. "
Marieelena Feshuk-Juliano - New Jersey

"Your colorful posters generate interest where there was none. They give us just the nudge we need to get motivated on what information to study and where to look. "
Karen Nissel - Ohio

"I have needed some new ideas after teaching earth science for 13 years. The ideas from Mii are really creative and I am looking forward to using them. "
Rob Edwards - Ohio

"This material certainly improves the image I have of mining. "
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Angela Schreiber - Minnesota

"Some of the information is useful for my Science Olympiad Team. "
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Jim Blackie - California

"Students are interested, especially since many of their parents are employed at nearby iron mines. "
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Patti Agansky - North Carolina

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Betty Morris - Ft. Mills, SC - General Curriculum 4th grade

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Kim LeFeber - Berne, IN - General Science 8th grade

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Jeanette Johnson - Metamora, IL - General Curriculum Elementary

" 'Earth Materials' is one of our science topics so these ideas can extend that unit. Thanks for the materials! "
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Emily Clove - Escalante, VT - Science / Mineral Edc. - 4th grade

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Darryl Tobinson Chicago, IL - General Science K-12 grades

"Kids are the consumers of tomorrow and they will be making decisions based upon their schooling. I emphasize over and over “If you don’t grow it, you mine it.” So mining and minerals are very important and we cannot afford to lock up the land and ignore the resources. They must be developed in a logical and safe manner. "
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Kathy Hall Sagle, ID - General Curriculum - 6th grade

"Your materials allow smaller schools to provide more hands-on activities, a variety of new ideas for teachers, and introductions to energy and mining information that is better adapted than text materials. I am having my students in the 7th and 8th grades write and collect information and samples from each of the 50 states to develop a permanently displayed U.S. mineral and gem collection "
Carol Smith - Mississippi

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