If all the mined gold in the world was melted across a football field, it would rise 5.4 feet. That's just one interesting fact pupils learn when using the debate topics website to determine if the United States should return to a gold...

Should the United States continue the practice of using drone strikes abroad? Readers explore the top pro and con arguments in preparation for a debate or discussion about the topic. They read about the history of drone strikes, view a...

What's the most interesting fact about a blue whale? Learners read an interview about the similarities between the Titanosaur and the blue whale displays at the American Museum of Natural History. Pupils learn not only about blue whales...

Eleanor Sterling responds to 21 questions posed by young learners about the challenges she faces as a woman conservation biologist. She also discusses her research of the aye-aye, an unusual animal that lives in Madagascar.

As a regulatory agency, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) provides safety information to coal miners.

Includes general information about mining engineering such as the careers history and employment opportunities. It also has helpful links to sites of mining engineering organizations as well as general links to mining industry information.

Site from the Mine Safety and Health Administration that aims at teaching children about mining, prospecting, mine safety, and what the human body needs from natural resources.

Read the exciting story of mining in Idaho, the state's first industry. Find out about the first discovery of gold and the migration that it set off soon after.

Explains what mountaintop coal mining is, the stages involved, where it is being done in the United States, and the impact on local communities and the environment.

A look into the coal mining industry in the Gilded Age through maps, timelines, images, and primary source documents.

A site from the Idaho Department of Commerce giving brief descriptions of some mining and ghost towns in Idaho.

This fascinating site details the operation of copper mining in the Highland Valley Copper mine in British Columbia.

The allure of getting rich quick by finding gold or silver was just a dream for most prospectors. Read about the gold and silver rushes that usually ended up enriching the mining industry, not the miner. Find out about the make-up of the...

Read about the dangers of coal mining in Pennsylvania, the emergence of unions in an attempt to protect the miners, and some of the mining disasters that took place in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Website informing readers on the daily life of children working in the mines during the Industrial Age. Site provides an overview with photos about the hours, types of jobs and working conditions.

Full text of Sir Philip Sidney's lyric poem and lullaby, "Sleep, Baby Mine."

This site contains information on mining copper in Michigan. This is a museum site that is dedicated to the history of copper mining.

This is a site devoted to the topic of Data Mining. It includes an intro, links to related sites, and a list of journals on the topic.

Online exhibit from Oregon State University on radioactive materials.

This page gives a brief explanation of extracting minerals by means of hydraulic mining. This was a labor intensive process that was often dangerous but necessary to find gold.

The USGS offers maps of the locations of mines and mineral processing plants. You can find the sources for everything from aluminum to zircon!

Provides maps and surveys of the minerals that can be found in British Columbia up to 2017.

This site gives an overview of lessons about minerals and mining.

Landmines kills thousands every year in countries around the world. Some of the topics on this site include the history of landmines, the threat they present in over sixty countries worldwide, the damage they do,risk reduction education,...