Stambach, N. R., & Moskal, B. M. (2015, June), Bringing Mining and Environmental Engineering to Pre-college Classrooms   Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23631

\bibitem{asee_peer_23631}
  Stambach, N. R., \& Moskal, B. M. (2015, June), \emph{Bringing Mining and Environmental Engineering to Pre-college Classrooms }
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23631

Nicholas Robert Stambach and Barbara M. Moskal.  "Bringing Mining and Environmental Engineering to Pre-college Classrooms ".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23631 Internet.  08 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_23631}
  Nicholas Robert Stambach and Barbara M. Moskal.
  "Bringing Mining and Environmental Engineering to Pre-college Classrooms ".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23631 Internet.  08 Jan, 2025

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AB  -          Bringing Mining and Environmental Engineering to PreCollege                     Classrooms (Curriculum Exchange)The lesson plan that is proposed for presentation here was created as part of a larger,kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12), outreach program. The program begins with a twoweek workshop were graduate students drawn from science and engineering collaborate with K-12 teachers. Workshop presenters are university professors who offer background knowledge,research experience and hands-on activities designed for the K-12 classroom. During theacademic year, graduate students work cooperatively with K-12 teachers to instruct lessons, leadhands-activities, and work with small groups of K-12 students. The graduate student academicyear support ensures that engineering curriculum is introduced in the K-12 classroom. More than100 engineering lesson plans have been developed and tested as part of this program in the K-12classroom.The lesson that is proposed for presentation here has been tested in the 6-8th grade classroom.Using cookie extraction, 6-8th grade students learn about mining and environmental engineering,areas in which most pre-college students have little exposure. In order to make this lessonrelevant to 6-8th grade instruction, this lesson plan includes a strong emphasis on mathematics.The lesson begins with a discussion of coal: i) what it is used for?, ii) why is it not renewable asan energy resource?, iii) where it can be found? iv) what methods are used for extraction? and v)what is land reclamation? After this discussion, the students are given a cookie and are instructedto draw a circle around the cookie on grid paper and “mine” for chocolate chips. Students selecta cookie and calculate land acquisition cost based on predefined cookie expense. Next, thestudents purchase tools—tooth picks, paper clips, etc. During the mining process, students recordtheir chocolate chip extraction rate and track their costs to profit ratio.After mining, penalty fees are assessed for crumbs outside of the reclamation area (the originalcircle) and are added to the students’ expenses (mimicking the importance of the reclamationprocess). At the end of the activity, students calculate their costs (price of the cookie, materials,labor and reclamation penalty) and profits (number of chocolate chips mined) to determine theirnet profit. Through this lesson, students learn about coal, mining, environmental engineeringand mathematics.
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