Grade Levels :
4-8 (Developed for 5th grade)

Subjects:
Social Studies/Geography, English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Vocational/Technical Skills

Learner Outcome:

• Students will experience the mining process.
• Students will pass a comprehensive exam with 75% accuracy.

Duration of Lesson:
1 day and one 45 minute class period

Materials:
Digital camera, permission slips, teacher made comprehensive exam

Technology Tools/Courseware:
Slide presentation of field trip.

Teacher notes:
Secure permission slips and check class roster.
Copy roster for each chaperone.
Secure emergency phone numbers and medications.
Delegate one of the chaperones to take candid pictures of the tour.
Give copy of Unit Exam to special needs teacher for individual modifications.

Procedures:
Day 1. Make class roster & enjoy the tour.
Day 2. Review with slide presentation.
Send special needs students to resource room.
Administer Unit Exam.

Modifications:
On the tour, each special needs student will be assigned a personal chaperone.
The special needs instructor will modify the exam for individual needs.

Enrichment Activities:
For review before exam or just for fun-Coal Lumps Game

Evaluation/Assessment:
Comprehensive Teacher made Unit Test

WV IGOs:
Language Arts:  5.1, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.13, 5.14, 5.33, 5.36, 5.46, 5.52, 5.61, 5.62
Mathematics: 5.23, 5.26, 5.36
Science: 5.10, 5.14, 5.17, 5.19, 5.25, 5.27
Technology: 5.58, 5.65, 5.79
Social Studies/History/Geography: 5.7, 5.10, 5.12, 5.30, 5.48, 5.56

National Standards:

Language Arts

4.  Students will gather and use information for research purposes.
5.  Students use the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
7.  Students use reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts.
8.  Students use listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.

Math

1.  Students use a variety of strategies in the problem solving process.
6.  Students understand and apply basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.
9.  Students understand the general nature and uses of mathematics.

14.  Students understand how human actions modify the physical environment.
15.  Students understand how physical systems affect human systems.
16.  Students understand how the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources.
18.  Students understand global development and environmental issues.

4.  Students understand conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among individuals, groups, and institutions.

Technology

1.  Students know the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems.
2.  Students know the characteristics and uses of computer software programs.
3.  Students understand the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual.
6.  Students understand the nature and uses of different forms of technology.

Authors:
Jeanne Brewster
Helen Curry
Judy Smith