In recent weeks we have been reminded of how dangerous the profession of mining can be. This week in language arts we are reading about the gold rush of the mid 1800s. Today, we did a little mining ourselves. Safer and definitely tastier! Students had the task of mining for chocolate chips from a cookie. They were challenged to extract the "gold" without causing major disruption to the earth around the mineral. Some succeeded! We extended the lesson to discuss the reclamation of land, an important subject especially with Earth Day right around the corner! To learn more about land reclamation after mining, click here.
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