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Mining and Minerals

This Nuffield Working with Science unit was designed to develop simple skills of mineral testing and identification and a broad view of the subject of mining and minerals.

Guidance for teachers and technicians appears in Teachers’ Notes F.

This unit was not included in the second, CPVE edition of the project.

Contents
Section 1: Testing minerals
Section 2: The importance of minerals
Section 3: Visiting a mine
Section 4: Extracting the metal

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