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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.
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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.
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Newsletter
Our 2007 inaugural issue of groundWORK:
Senior Issue reached approximately 1,100
secondary school teachers in Ontario.
Newsletters offer a variety of
information: metal/mineral highlights,
current articles, field trip ideas, gem
show calendars, book reviews, Web sites,
etc. Our first mailing included
Nickelquest,
a DVD about mining (now available to
download), an Inuksuk puzzle, and our
most recently developed teaching aid—a
poster featuring the rocks and
minerals that go into the making of a
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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.
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| Our many Resources and
Earth
Science
Links suit
secondary school curriculum as well as
junior/intermediate studies—please take a look
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Educators Info
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.
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Mining Matters is a charitable organization supported
by government, foundation grants and
donations from corporations and individuals.
Registration Number: 88775 6435
RR0001.
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