Senior

Are you looking for relevant, accurate geography and Earth science resources for secondary school educators and students? You’ve come to the right place. Mining Matters, known since 1994 for providing exceptional Earth science resources to junior / intermediate classrooms, now offers secondary school resources that meet provincial Earth science curriculum expectations.  

ArcGIS
Mining Matters now offers our first learning resource for geographic information system (GIS) software. Partnering with ESRI Canada, we have adapted four hands-on activities from out senior curriculum resource, Discovering Diamonds, into a multi-part lesson that teaches high school students the use of ArcGIS, ESRI’s suite of GIS software products. The activity manual, master answer pages, and all data files are free to download.

Nouveau
Maintenant, disponible en français leçons pour « ArcGIS »

Certaines leçons ont été créées en utilisant ArcGIS 9.2 mais des versions plus récentes peuvent être utilisées.

Curriculum Kits: Senior
In 2007, Mining Matters officially launched Discovering Diamonds, our first secondary school resource.  It focuses on Canada’s world-class diamond-bearing deposits, diamond formation, and the modern technology being applied to the discovery, extraction, and processing of diamonds. 

Discovering Diamonds kits meet Grades 11 and 12 Earth science and geography curriculum expectations across Canada.

Newsletter
Our groundWORK newsletter, written for both Junior / Intermediate and Senior educators, is published on-line once annually. Hard copies are available on request. E-mail pdacmm@pdac.ca

Career Info
Secondary school students need to find information that can help them make informed career decisions. Examine the opportunities available in Earth science and mining as well as the university programs that will take them there.

Our many Resources and Earth Science Links suit secondary school curriculum as well as junior/intermediate studies—please take a look at them, too.

Educators Info

2011/2012 groundWork Issue

2010/2011 groundWork Issue
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ArcGIS

Mining Matters now offers our first learning resource for geographic information system (GIS) software. Partnering with ESRI Canada, we have adapted four hands-on activities from out senior curriculum resource, Discovering Diamonds, into a multi-part lesson that teaches high school students the use of ArcGIS, ESRI’s suite of GIS software products.
The activity manual, master answer pages, and all data files are free to download.

Nouveau
Maintenant, disponible en français leçons pour « ArcGIS »

Certaines  leçons ont été créées en utilisant ArcGIS 9.2 mais des versions plus récentes peuvent être utilisées.

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