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This course on Copper, prepared for the Nevada SB204 initiative to bring the world wide web into K-12 classrooms, covers the history of copper mining, copper mining in Nevada, modern copper mining, and copper trade and industry. It offers, as well, consideration of the nature and properties of copper, the importance of copper to the development of civilization, and description of worldwide and multicultural participation in copper mining.

In addition, it refers to appropriate science and technology education standards for teachers, and includes copper extraction experiments to perform in the classroom.


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