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DAYTREKS
THE BIG QUESTION
GRADE LEVEL
As Good as Gold

Why are some things more valuable and how hard are people willing to work to have them?

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4-6
Rock Cycle
How do rocks form?  What are the different kinds of rocks? How do you know what kind of rock you are looking at?
4-6
Mineral Cookbook
Minerals like trona, coal, uranium and bentonite were “cooked up”  under the Earth’s surface over thousands of years. What conditions existed to make these treasures?
4-8
Mining Matters
How is the mining industry affected by concerns about the environment?
7-12

 

MATHTREKS
What kind of math goes into making decisions on the job?
 
Concrete Solutions
7-12
The Big Haul
Pumping Up
Sizing Up Storage
Excavation Calculations

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