What do we offer?
The Nevada Mining Association and the Nevada Division of Minerals partner together to host educational workshops for teachers and educators in an effort to offer earth science projects and learning tools to take back to their classrooms for their students.
Our workshops offer standard-based activities for YOUR classroom plus FREE educational materials including:
∗ Rock and Mineral boxes
∗ Activities on CD that are correlated to the Nevada State Science Standards
∗ Maps, posters and other background information.
Workshop Highlights
∗ Classroom sessions organized by grade level
∗ One PDE Continuing Education or University credit available.
∗ An alternative Master Track session for those who have attended a previous workshop.
∗ An introductory “Geology from the Ground Up” session for true beginners.
∗ A half-day field based learning experience to a working mine or site of geologic interest.
∗ A post-workshop field trip with professional earth scientists to areas of interest.
∗ FREE continental breakfasts, lunches, and Family BBQ with an opportunity to learn gold panning.
∗ One PDE Continuing Education or University credit available.
∗ An alternative Master Track session for those who have attended a previous workshop.
∗ An introductory “Geology from the Ground Up” session for true beginners.
∗ A half-day field based learning experience to a working mine or site of geologic interest.
∗ A post-workshop field trip with professional earth scientists to areas of interest.
∗ FREE continental breakfasts, lunches, and Family BBQ with an opportunity to learn gold panning.
Who are we?
Our Education Committee is made up of expert mining, minerals and geology staff as well as teachers and volunteers that are very passionate about earth science and the minerals industry. We thrive on sharing our knowledge and enjoy having fun while doing it. In addition to the Nevada Mining Association's member companies and the Nevada Division of Minerals, our staff comes from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Engineering Museum, the Women in Mining Education Foundation and the Bureau of Land Management. All of these different agencies are the backbone of making the workshops successful.