The rock cycle and natural resources are new topics in the Grade 4 and 5 curriculum. Get a leg up on your curriculum requirements with our Grade 4/5 Integrated Resource Unit on Mining.

This workshop guides you through our comprehensive, hands-on Grade 4/5 Integrated Resource Unit on Mining. This unit introduces rocks and minerals, covers the rock cycle, and explains the importance of minerals as natural resources. Learn about mining in the past, present and future, BC’s mining communities, mining and the environment, the uses of minerals in everyday life, and careers in the mining industry.

Presented by MineralsEd partner-teacher Andrea Eisler.

Location: Templeton Secondary School, 727 Templeton Dr, Vancouver, BC V5L 4N8

***Registration priority will be given to teachers that have not taken this workshop in the past. Please be aware that if you have taken this workshop before and still choose to register, you will be moved onto the waitlist until registration closes. Also, due to our limited resources, teachers that have received the resource kit in the past will not receive a second resource kit, should they attend the workshop.***