Interactive detailing the mining and processing of copper, including the chemistry. Interactive balancing equation activities included for junior and senior students.Students interact with the major steps involved in copper processing. Includes animations, supporting fact sheets, and an interactive balancing chemical equations challenge. Great for general science and chemistry teachers.

The worksheet is a science literacy activity which involves an investigation into the history of copper. Students are given a series of questions and asked to circle the correct answers.This worksheet is used in conjunction with the Copper ITAM which can be ordered from the Minerals Council of Australia. The first copy is free, a class set is A$27.50. Ordering and contact details are provided on the sheet.

Coal gasification and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) are low emission coalfired power generation technologies. Find out more about the process of integrating a coal gasification power plant with the capture and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to generate low emission base-load electricity in this fact sheet.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies enable carbon dioxide (CO2) produced from the burning of coal to be captured and stored rather than emitted into the atmosphere. Find out more about carbon capture and storage in this fact sheet, including how it is captured and seperated and what is happening in Australia around this technology.

What is Carbon Trading? This fact sheet explains the carbon pollution reduction scheme in the context of carbon trading. It examines the cap and trade system, targeted businesses, elements of the scheme, advantages and disadvantages and how it will affect the minerals and energy industry in Queensland. Great reference for climate change lessons.

Coal Seam Gas (CSG) is around 9597% pure methane which is a greenhouse gas formed millions of years ago as part of the burial of peat to form coal. The methane remains adsorbed or attached to the coal and is held in the coal underground by pressure and water. Find out more about CSG in this fact sheet.

Carbon dioxide sequestration in geologic formations includes oil and gas reservoirs, unmineable coal seams, and deep saline reservoirs. Through this experiment, students learn about geological sequestration as a technique used to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

As metals higher in the reactivity series will displace metals lower in the series from their compounds, it should be possible to determine unknown metals by their reaction with known metal compounds. In this experiment, students identify six unknown metals based on their reactivity with known metal compounds.

Copper is a metal which is mined from the earth and used for a number of different purposes. It was formed as a result of volcanic activity which resulted in large masses of molten rock and hot water cooling and then solidifying into copper crystals. This fact sheet provides an overview of copper and its uses, how it is mined and processed and the rehabilitation process post mining.

This PowerPoint examines the properties and uses of copper, how it is mined, separated from the ore and processed into copper metal.