The slide deck used during the full day April 27 LEARN workshop.

1. … bringing knowledge and awareness about Canada’s geology and mineral
resources to students, educators and the general public
Deeper and Deeper
LEARN workshop
Kelly McBride, OCT
April 27, 2015
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mining Matters

2. Outline of session
• Introduction and Progression of Learning
• Minerals
• Rocks
• Lunch
• Rocks
• Mining
• Summary and Wrap up
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3. Tree of Knowledge
• What you already know
• What you want to know
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4. Your Kit
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• 4 envelopes
• binder
• 5 Earth Exploration Packages
• 1 Metamorphic Rock package
• 1 Igneous Rock Package
• 1 Making a Fossil package
• 1 package of plastic insects
• 1 Rock Package
• 1 Minerals Package
• 1 General Equipment Package
• 5 decks of Rock and Mineral Concentration cards
• 1 deck of What’s Yours is Mined cards
• 1 colouring book

5. Earth Exploration
• How would you sort these samples?
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6. I Spy
• What in the room can you see that is
made from rocks and minerals?
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7. T2: The Difference Between Rocks and
Minerals
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8. T1: Mineral Mates
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9. T2: Scientific Testing of
Minerals
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• For this activity you will need
– Physical Properties card
– Mineral Challenge card
– Scientific Testing of Minerals bag
– General Equipment bag
– Scientific Testing of Minerals handout
– Smart device

10. T2: Scientific Testing of
Minerals
Test Equipment Rational
Hardness Mohs’ hardness scale,
nail, penny, glass slide
How hard is the
sample?
Magnetism Magnet Is the sample magnetic?
Conductivity Conductivity tester,
battery
Does the sample allow
electricity to pass
through?
Streak Streak plate What is the true colour
of the sample?
Colour Hand lens What colour does the
sample appear to be?
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11. T2: Locating Rocks, Minerals
and Metals
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12. What’s Yours is Mined?
• What is in the items you use every
day?
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13. T2: Rock Stations
• Sedimentary rocks
• Igneous rocks
• Metamorphic rocks
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14. Lunch
Please be ready to start right at
12:45
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15. Morning Review
• Tree of Knowledge
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16. T2: The Three Rock Groups
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17. T2: Rock and Mineral
Concentration
• 25 word cards
• 25 definition cards
• Match the definition with the word
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18. T3: Mining Responsibly
Stations
• Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel
• A Paste with a Taste
• Erosion by Acid Rain
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19. T3: Mining Operations
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Surface Mine
Used to extract ore
and minerals close to
the surface.
Requires processsing
(concentrating,
smelting, refining)
Underground
Mine
Used to extract ore
and minerals deeper
underground.
Requires processsing
(concentrating,
smelting, refining)
Quarry
Used to obtain,
gravel, dimention
stone, aggregate,
sand.
No processing
required though
crushing is
sometimes necessary

20. T3: Operating a Surface Mine
• How would you make it work?
– Trees and vegetation
– Water
– Wildlife
– Soil
• Draw a picture of what it will look like
when during operation.
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21. T3: What’s Yours is Mined
• Recycle
• Reuse
• Landfill
• Special handling
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22. T3: Mining comes to
Ogimokwe
• 7 characters
• What will you decide?
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23. T3: Creating a Mining CD
• Mining and music
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We_Built_This_City.ogg

24. Summary
• Key Messages
– The difference between rocks and minerals
– Minerals can be identified by their physical
characteristics
– Rocks can be identified by the processes
that form them
– The difference between mining operations
– The importance of rocks and minerals in
our daily lives
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25. Wrap up
• Where there any “Ah Ha” moments?
kmcbride@miningmatters.ca
www.miningmatters.ca
twitter.com/mmSchoolProgram
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