The activity will familiarize students with the requirements that a geologist or mining company must comply with in order to gain a land position for exploration and development of a mineral resource. The activity will involve observation, measuring, simple map making, and accurate completion of required forms. Each student will have the opportunity to stake a claim. The discovery monument and the four claim corners will be staked in this activity.
Issue students their claim staking supplies.
Allow each student to make a discovery and place a discovery monument. Each student will stake the corners of their claim. Remember each claim is 6' by 15'. Students may use a measuring tape or pace the distance. Have hammers available to pound stakes into the ground.