Cookie Mining Activity
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Cookie Mining Purpose: For students to appreciation the economics of the mining processes which provides raw materials for the needs of our culture and civilization with a minimum impact on the environment. Materials: Grid paper Chocolate chip cookie Toothpick Paper clip Paper towels Cookie mining spreadsheet Electronic balance Objective: Your ultimate objective is to make a maximum profit with a minimum investment, just as is the case in an actual mining operation. Considerable thought should be put into determining what ?Mining property? you will purchase, the most efficient ?Mining equipment? you can buy, and the ?Mineral resource? extraction process you will use to insure a minimum of reclamation cost. Procedure:
