Teachers Earth Science Institute 2003
Teachers Earth Science Institute featured as a summer learning highlight by National Science Foundation
~TESI-3 2003 Session Photos~
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TESI-3
Class of 2003 at Caledonia Mine |
TESI-3
Class of 2003 at Caledonia Mine |
Michigan Tech is hosting high school and middle school teachers from all
over the United States for the Teachers' Earth Science Institute. The program
is funded thanks to a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science
Foundation. During the institutes, which began in the summer of 2001 and
continue this summer through 2005, secondary teachers will team up with
University researchers and engineers to conduct original research, both
in the lab and in the field. Topics will range from geological exploration
to mining engineering to mineral processing.
Institute graduates will return to their middle and high school classes
with new teaching ideas and experiments, plus a fresh perspective on an
old profession.
Drilling a hole for blasting at the Caledonia Mine. |
Preparing the dynamite for blasting exercise. |
Dr.
Francis Otuonye explains mining methods and drilling and blasting.
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Professor
Ted Bornhorst of Michigan Tech lecturing about geology. |
In addition to the NSF grant, significant support for the Teachers' Earth
Science Institute comes from industry, including Red Metal Minerals,
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., and White Pine Copper Refinery. Principal
investigator for the NSF grant is Dr. Francis Otuonye, Tennessee
Technological University. Co-principal investigators for the Michigan Tech
subcontract to carry out the institute are Dr. Ted Bornhorst, A. E. Seaman
Mineral Museum, Michigan Tech; and Allison Hein, Institute of Materials
Processing, Michigan Tech.
Using
the jackleg drill to make drill holes for charging and blasting. |
The
teachers get plenty of hands-on experience in mining operations. |
Whats
this . |
Fire
in the hole--Blasting. |
Group
posing with 250 ton truck. |
A
field trip to the Empire Iron Mine |
Nathalie
Brandes and Ted Bornhorst show maps about Geology of Lake Superior
region. |
Field
trip to Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. |
Learning
the load-haul-dump cycle. |
And
surveying techniques as used in mining and exploration. |
Mineral processing and mineral separation in the labs. |
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