Preservice teachers using hands-on manipulatives and science supplies to develop a 'virtual' mining company. Preservice teachers in groups design landscapes and then share them with other groups.
Lateral entry teachers developing their landscape for their mining company.
Preservice teacher 'planting' trees and shrubs in her landscape.
Happy preservice teachers after completing their Mining for Peanuts lanscape.
Aerial view of a completed landscape with sticks, rocks, dirt, and burried peanuts. (white rocks or marbles can be used instead of peanuts if a student has an allergy to peanuts)
Preservice teachers 'mining' or digging for peanuts.
Another group uses a stop watch to control how much it costs to mine for peanuts.
Focused on getting that last peanut, this perservice teacher digs for gold. Group members have specific roles.
The timer meticulously records the time it takes to extrct each peanut. In this mining simulation, time is money.
Original group looks over the landscape to determine any damage done during the mining process.
