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This Cookie Mining activity also includes:
Knock a chip off the cookie. Learners purchase a property to mine and mining tools. Pupils use their tools to mine chocolate chips out of a cookie for 5 minutes and return cookie fragments to its original site. After the time is over, scholars calculate the total cost of the mining process taking into account revenue added for selling the chips.
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Instructional Ideas
- Research strip mining and the reclamation process
- Determine the volume or mass of chips compared to that of the cookie
Classroom Considerations
- Uses accounting principles to determine profit
Pros
- Includes a formatted worksheet for class members use to keep track of expenditures
- Provides a pricing structure for land, tools, operational expenses and revenue
Cons
- Uses the term profit to mean revenue making it sound like expenses have already been accounted for