The following links provide lesson plans & educational tools to both High School & Middle School grade levels.

High School Lesson Plans

• Science​
• Government

Middle School Lesson Plans

• Teacher Resources

  • Lesson Details
  • Standards
  • KWL Suggestions
  • Lesson Overview
  • Research Answer Key
  • Unit Test
  • Presentation 
  • Supplemental Resources
    • Every American Born Will Need
    • How Much Does It Cost to Light Your School?
    • Everything We Have and Everything We Use Come From Our Ratural Resources
    • Annual Per Capita History of Consumption of Minerals
    • Optional Hands-On Experiments
      

• Student Research Packet

  • KWL
  • Reclamation Case Study
  • Research Organizer
  • Baltimore Sun December 6, 2006 News Article
  • Final Project Rubric
  • Mining in Maryland Counties (Map)
  • Regulatory Timeline
  • Vocabulary
  • Final Project

• Student Group Handouts

  • National Aggregate Brochure
  • Coal: A Fossil But No Dinosaur
  • Facts About Maryland Mining
  • Maryland Coal Basins
  • The Mineral Industry of Maryland
    

For more information contact: Molly Michaelson, Molly.Michaelson@maryland.gov, MDE, Mining Program, MOG, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21230, 410-537-3568