In this activity students will plan and carry out an investigation to separate out several items that were mixed together back to their original pure substances.

In this activity, students will investigate the distribution and patterns of natural mineral resources and draw conclusions about where copper bearing minerals are found around the world.

During this STEM Pro Live!, your class will meet Malyree Harper, an analytical chemist for Freeport-McMoRan who helps test samples from all around the world to find out what minerals are in them and in what quantities.

Find out how it’s done and how it’s evolved – from blowing glass by hand to a factory that makes hundreds of glass bottles every minute.

Mundo Shamundo! Can you help Mandy study for her geology test?

Kelly Sitek talks about adventures in mining, the chemical composition of different gems, breaks down the test taking process for gemology and gives advice on haunted stones.

Because of its fiber strength and heat resistance asbestos has been used in a variety of building construction materials for insulation and as a fire retardant.

Learn more about EPA actions to protect the public from asbestos exposure including banned/prohibited uses.

Arizona is a major producer of non-fuel minerals. The future of Arizona mining rests on the following fact: each American uses more than 45,000 pounds of newly mined minerals annually!

Copper remains Arizona’s most abundant and valuable metallic mineral product.

Over the past century, Arizona geologists documented gold lode and placer mining deposits throughout the State.

Of the more than 300 active mines in Arizona in 2016, most involve quarrying industrial minerals.