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Choc Chip Coal Mine

Cool+PrimaryYear 5Humanities and Social SciencesGeographyEnvironmentalLand Management

Lesson Summary

Students explore the impact of coal mining on the landscape, using a chocolate biscuit to simulate a coal strip-mine.

Learning intentions

Students will:

examine the consequences of the management of Australian landscapes.

Success criteria

Students can:

demonstrate the impact of open-cut mining on the landscape
explore reasons why coal mining can be conducted in an unsustainable way.

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