Arizona Mining Association

In an effort to expand the educational focus from copper mining specifically to include other natural resources and natural resource industries, the Arizona Mining Association Board of Directors has created the Arizona Foundation for Resource Education. Please click here for more information about AFRE's programs. Selected components of AMA's programs can be accessed below:

Teacher Resources available on-line
One of the biggest challenges in instructional planning is deciding what we want our students to know and be able to do. To define the parameters of the knowledge and the skills and/or processes we want students to master, we often find it helpful to read and study the content we are attempting to teach.

The following information is provided to assist in targeting specific, multidisciplinary content appropriate for classroom instruction. Information about copper and copper mining is provided in the form of fact sheets and vocabulary lists. In addition general mineral resource and mining information is included in a question-answer format.

MINERALS AND MINING: THEIR IMPORTANCE TO ARIZONA
	A Multidisciplinary Unit for Grades 4-6

Rocks and Minerals of Arizona
	A Fact Sheet

Copper: The Red metal
	A Fact Sheet
	A Vocabulary List

OUT OF THE ROCK
	From the Ground Up

Copper as Commodity: Past & Present
	The Uses of Copper
	Copper Mining and Production
	The Economics of Copper
	Vocabulary List

Teacher Workshops

The Arizona Foundation for Resource Education (formerly the Arizona Mining Association's education program) is offering some exciting, new professional development opportunities for Arizona educators.

Please check here for more information.