Meaningful Minerals classroom poster  


Authors / CoAuthors

Clarke, B. | Iffland, D.

Abstract

<div>This A1 poster aims to introduce Year 3/4 and older students to the many ways that minerals and elements are used in our everyday lives. </div><div>&nbsp;6 key uses of 14 critical and strategic minerals are highlighted by colourful lines linking images. Students should take their time viewing the poster; they can follow the wiggly lines from minerals to product or vice versa and work out how many minerals link to each type of use.</div><div>&nbsp;The poster is also suitable for secondary students with the inclusion of a specific element name with each highlighted mineral plus the element symbol and atomic number.</div><div>&nbsp;The poster is intended to be a colourful rich stimulus to engage student interest in the resources from the ground used in our modern world.</div><div><br></div>

Product Type

document

eCat Id

149665

Contact for the resource

  Resource provider

 

  Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)  
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia

  Point of contact

 

Digital Object Identifier

https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149665

Keywords

  • Education
  • Minerals
  • Elements
  • Critical Minerals
  • Strategic minerals
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
  • EDUCATIONMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCESENGINEERINGEARTH SCIENCESTECHNOLOGY
  • Published_External

Publication Date

2024-07-04T01:40:32

Creation Date

2024-06-16T10:00:00

Security Constraints

Australian Government Security Classification System    

Classification - unclassified

Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence    

Access - license

Use - license

Status

completed

Purpose

This poster highlights the diversity and importance of many critical and strategic minerals in our everyday lives. The poster is a new product intended to support the changes to the year 3/4 Australian curriculum. The poster highlights the critical and strategic minerals lists published by the Australian Government.

Maintenance Information

asNeeded

Topic Category

geoscientificInformation

Series Information

Lineage

<div>This poster is a new product intended to support the changes to the year 3/4 Australian curriculum. The poster highlights the critical and strategic minerals lists published by the Australian Government.</div>

Parent Information

Extents

[-45.00, -9.00, 113.00, 155.00]

Reference System

Spatial Resolution

Service Information

Associations

Downloads and Links

Download the poster (pdf) [805.7 KB]  

Download the poster (high resolution) (pdf) [7.9 MB]  

Source Information