Take a field trip to Lake Vermilion - Soudan Underground Mine State Park. Visit the mine and learn about mining, and geology.
After the tour, please fill out and send in the school tour evaluation form .
Activities
Use these activities and resources before, during and after a tour of the Lake Vermilion - Soudan Underground Mine and high energy physics lab| Activity | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Mining facts | Purpose |
| Tour quiz (for Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park tour) | Purpose |
| Birdseed mining | Illustrate the complexity and "needle-in-a-haystack" aspect of mining. |
| Cookie mining | Learn the economics of mining. |
| Cupcake core sampling | Model core sampling techniques used to "see" what's beneath the surface of the earth. |
| Layer cake core drilling | Model core sampling techniques used to "see" what's beneath the surface of the earth. |
| Environmental bingo part 1 | Acquaint the students with environmental and mineral industry terminology. |