The Teachers' Resource Centre Room
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A room attached to the museum which can be booked for
teachers to hold classes in the museum and which contains resource material
intended to assist with teaching Earth science in the classroom.
Maximum capacity: 25 students and two teachers.
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| Minerals for Sign Out |
Standard mineral kits contain: talc, gypsum, calcite, fluorite, apatite, orthoclase/plagioclase feldspar, quartz, corundum, cinnabar and scheelite, arsenopyrite, galena, graphite and stibnite, magnetite, hematite, limonite, siderite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, copper, malachite and azurite, olivine and serpentine, molybdenite and garnet, muscovite and biotite, amphibole, barite, pyroxene, chalcopyrite, bornite, chalcocite, and sphalerite.
Available: 10 kits |
| Miscellaneous other minerals are also available to supplement the kits as desired. Contact the curator for more information. |
| Rocks for Sign Out |
Standard rock kit #1 contains: gabbro, diorite, granite, vesicular basalt, obsidian, tuff, conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, mudstone, limestone, slate, schist, and quartzite. (2 pieces of each.)
Available: 3 kits |
Standard rock kit #2 contains: shale, siltstone, arkose sandstone, quartz sandstone, conglomerate, basalt, andesite, rhyolite, chert, limestone, breccia, tuff, volcanic glass (obsidian), pumice, vesicular lava (basalt), pegmatite, gabbro, quartz diorite, granite, porphyry, slate, skarn, hornfels, pyroxenite/serpentine, dunite, gneiss, schist, phyllite, marble, and quartzite. (1 piece of each.)
Available: 10 kits |
| Miscellaneous other rocks are also available to supplement the kits as desired. Contact the curator for more information. |
| Fossils for Sign Out |
Miscellaneous fossils are available for sign out. Contact the curator for more information. |
| Textbooks for Sign out |
A wide variety of first year (introductory) geology, oceanography, and atmospheric science textbooks are available for sign out. Contact the curator for more information. |
| Consultations with the Curator |
The curator often sits down with teachers and helps them determine what they need to teach Earth, ocean, and atmospheric science concepts. |
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| For hours, admission, directions, and contact information, see "Visitor Information". |
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