Rocks & Minerals WebQuest

You will be research and undergo a guided internet search to find out the answers to the questions found on this WebQuest worksheet. You will discover the minerals and rocks that you use or come into contact with every day. You will learn about how minerals and rocks are taken out of the ground, the different types of mining techniques, and how mining affects our environment and ourselves.

"Rock and Mineral Uses from Rockman”

1.  Visit the website resource: Rock and Mineral Uses from Rockman. http://www.rocksandminerals.com/uses.htm

2.  Read the first few introductory sentences.

3.  Answer the question below based on what you just read.

4.  Find the chart below labeled "Rock, Mineral, and Metal Uses."

5.  Using the information from the website, fill in the chart with any 3 different rocks, minerals, or metals and their uses.

What is the estimated amount of rock, minerals and metals that you use during your lifetime? ______

Rocks, Mineral, and metal Uses
Name / Uses

“Let’s Do Some Cyber Prospecting!”

1.  Visit the website resource: Let’s Do Some Cyber Prospecting! http://www.msha.gov/kids/mining.htm

2.  Find the chart below labeled “Cyber Prospecting!”

3.  On the website, click on three states (include New Jersey) and list the mineral(s) found there in the chart.

Cyber Prospecting!
State / Mineral(s) Found
New Jersey

“Some Types of Mines”

1.  Visit the website resource: Some Types of Mines. http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/art-53672/The-diagram-depicts-a-cross-section-of-three-different-kinds

2.  Look at the diagram and take note of the different types of mines.

3.  Using the information from the diagram, answer the question below.

What are three different types of mines and by looking at the pictures name some ways they differ?

“Mining 101: Positive and Negative Effects of Mining”

1.  Visit the website resource: https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/mining/impacts-of-mining/

List 4 negative effects of mining on local communities.

2.  Visit the website resource : http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-pros-and-cons-of-strip-mining.htm

What is surface mining?

List some advantages of surface mining.

List some disadvantages of surface mining.

Click on underground mining and list how it differences from surface mining.

What does most of the work in underground mining? Why is ventilation so important?

3.  Visit the resource: http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2016/finalwebsite/problems/mining.html

What are 2-3 environmental problems caused by open pit mining?

What are 2-3 environmental problems caused by underground mining?

“Sweet Child of Mine: The Effects of Strip Mining on the Children in the Appalachia”

Visit the website resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lIS2YcXCxw4

1.  Read the question below before watching the video.

Write your response to the video. What negatives aspects to mining did you notice?

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