Newmont Waihi Gold offers educational groups the opportunity to participate in a range of activities relating to history, geology, geography, environmental practice, resource use, rehabilitation, processes, science, technology and other aspects of the mining industry.
Professional staff are available to discuss curriculum requirements with teachers and assist with planning a mine visit that will both complement and enhance classroom programmes enabling students gain the maximum benefit from a study of goldmining in Waihi. The Education Centre is recognised internationally by the mining industry as 'a first class facility'.
Guided tours of the mine site complement Education Centre sessions and give students an overall perspective of the size and scope of both the Martha and Favona goldmines
Activity Schedule: 2009
The following schedule gives a brief synopsis of the activities that are currently available at the Education Centre. Each activity is designed to take 10 – 15 minutes, with three activities usually making up an activity circuit in a session lasting approximately 75 minutes.
Each of the activities can be adapted to suit other age or subject areas as necessary. Feel free to discuss your individual requirements with the Education Officer if there are other topics you would like to focus on that are not covered in this programme. This material all relates to the old curriculum. We are more than happy to work with teachers to tailor learning objectives to the new 2007 curriculum.
General Age Groups
Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones
A 'hands-on' look at rocks, minerals and gemstones.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Resources and Economic Activities Time, Continuity and Change Place and Environment |
1-3 4 1,2,4,6 |
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| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | 1-6 |
The Wormery
See the work of earthworms in action. Compare the inside of a live wormery with a control box, and answer questions about earthworms and their work. (Refer also to Teacher’s Unit Plan on this website ).
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Science | Making Sense of the Living World | 2,3,4 |
'Minerals' Board Game
A board game with questions about Martha Mine, gold, other minerals. General interest and fits into several curriculum areas and levels.
Sketching
Use a given outline of the open pit label various features that can be viewed from the Western Viewing Platform.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Resources and Economic Activities Place and Environment |
3-5 1-4,6 |
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| Technology | B – Structures and Mechanisms | All | 6b |
Video – Martha’s Gold.
View video and complete a worksheet.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Resources and Economic Activities Place and Environment |
3-5 1-4,6 |
Year 1 – 4
Describe the Object
Colour in a picture of mining equipment and write three words to describe them.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Resources and Economic Activities | 1 |
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| Technology | A - Tech. Knowledge and Understanding | 1 |
1 |
| Language | Reading and Writing Processes | 1,2 |
Mining Memory Magic
Play the “Memory” game with a Martha Mine theme.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Language | Viewing and presenting – Viewing | 1-3 | |
| Technology | A - Tech. Knowledge and Understanding | 1 |
1 |
Year 4– 8
Then and Now:
Compare photographs on various aspects of mining in Waihi yesterday and today. Identify similarities and differences.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Time, Continuity, Change Culture and Heritage Place and Environment |
1-2, 5,8 2, 4 4 |
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| Technology | A, C – Production and Process | All | 1, 2, and 7, 8 |
We Rely on Gold and Silver
Consider some of the uses for gold and silver and produce a classroom wallchart displaying these.
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| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Resources and Economic Activities Place and Environment |
1, 2, 4 5,8 |
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| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond |
6, 7 |
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| Technology | C - Materials | All | 7, 8 |
Create a Landscape
Discuss a range of suggestions for amenities and features to be included in and around the future Martha Lake and use these to create a landscape plan.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Place and Environment | 1-4, 7-8 | |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond |
6, 7 | |
| Technology | B – Structures and Mechanisms | 6c |
Rocks Tell Stories
Consider geological events that have occurred over millions of years that have caused changes to landforms. Produce a class time line showing these events. Also looks at igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. (Cloze exercise also available as a supplementary activity.)
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Place and Environment Time, Continuity and Change |
6 6 |
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| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond |
2-8 |
Model Building
Construct a cardboard model of historic mining equipment – A poppet head, ore truck or Cornish Pumphouse.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Technology | A - Knowledge and Understanding | 1, 2 |
2a |
| Social Studies | Time, Continuity, Change Culture and Heritage Place and Environment |
1, 2, 5 2, 4 4 |
Martha Mine Question/Answer Circle
A question/answer game abut Martha Mine
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Language | Listening and Speaking | 1-3 |
Using the Martha Mine web site as a resource to complete a worksheet on the history of the mine.
| Curriculum | Strand | Level | Achievement Objectives |
| Social Studies | Time, Continuity, Change Culture and Heritage Place and Environment Resources and Economic Activities |
3,4,5,7 4 2-6, 8 2,3,6 |
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| Technology | A,C – Production and Process | All | 1,2 and 7,8 |
Year 9 - 13
NCEA Geography Levels 1 and 2
Level 1, Achievement Standard 1.6 and Level 2, Achievement Standard 2.6
Examine a contemporary issue: Suggested topics:
- Subsidence issue
- Favona Underground Project
- Martha Mine Closure and Post Closure
Resource Use / Impacts
Identify various land uses on an aerial photograph and consider potential impacts of activities that may take place there. Discuss ways to avoid, remedy, mitigate potential negative effects.
| NCEA Level 1 Geography |
Achievement Standard 1.3 Examine resource use in a mining context |
Focus Questions 1, 6, 7 |
| Social Studies | Place and Environment Resources and Economic Activities |
Levels 2, 4, 7 Levels 1, 3 |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | Levels 2,3,7 |
Find, Dig it …
Look at the “Throughputs” section of a mining systems diagram to gain a clearer understanding of the mining process, using the Martha Mine website and/or brochures.
| NCEA Level 1 Geography |
Achievement Standard 1.3 Examine resource use in a mining context |
Focus Question 5 |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | Levels 6, 7 |
| Technology | A, B, C – Production and Process | All levels and achievement objectives |
Where are NZ’s Gold Deposits?
Locate gold deposits on a map, identify which are hard rock/alluvial and highlight current mining areas.
| NCEA Level 1 Geography |
Achievement Standard 1.3 Examine resource use in a mining context |
Focus Questions 2, 3 |
| Social Studies | Place and Environment Resources and Economic Activities |
Levels 1, 5 Levels 1 to 6 |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | 6, 7 |
NZ Gold Production 1860 – Today
Analyse NZ’s gold production since the 1860s and produce a graph to relate gold production to a time line of national and world events to show the effects of technology and economics on production.
| NCEA Level 2 History | Theme A: Industrial and Social Change |
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| Social Studies | Place and Environment Resources and Economic Activities |
1, 2, 5 1, 3 - 6 |
Environmental Monitoring
Using the Martha Mine website to research various types of environmental monitoring taking place in and around the Martha Mine.
| NCEA Level 1 Geography |
Achievement Standard 1.3 Examine resource use in a mining context |
Focus Questions 5, 7 |
| Social Studies | Place and Environment Resources and Economic Activities |
Levels 2, 4, 6 - 8 Levels 3, 4 |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | Levels 5, 6, 7 |
| Technology | A, C – Production and Process | All levels, Achievement Objectives 1, 2, 7, 8 |
Making it all Green Again and/or Checking it Every Step of the Way
A scavenger hunt using the Martha Mine website to complete an exercise on rehabilitation and environmental monitoring.
| Social Studies | Place and Environment Resources and Economic Activities |
Levels 2 - 6 3, 4 |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | Levels 5, 6, 7 |
| Technology | A, C – Production and Process | All levels. Achievement Objectives 1, 2, 7, 8 |
A Recipe For Gold
Using resource material provided, build up a time line showing geological events that occurred that caused gold and silver to deposit in this area.
| Social Studies | Place and Environment Time, Continuity and Change |
Level 6 Level 7 |
| Science | Planet Earth and Beyond | Levels 2 – 8 |
Contact:
The Education Officer
Waihi Gold Education Centre
Newmont Waihi Gold
PO Box 190
Waihi
Phone: 07 863 9880
Fax: 07 863 6084
E-mail: jeannine.wiki@newmont.com
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