Many streams in the United States contain gold, especially in the East and the West. You can check at the library if gold was mined near your city or town. During the Gold Rush in California and Alaska, prospectors searched for gold by using these same techniques. If there is no readily accessible stream, this exercise can be done in the school yard by using a hose, buckets, or a child's swimming pool. Do not pan sediment over a sink because the sediment will fill the trap.
Gold is part of our everyday life.
We see it in gold jewelry and in dental fillings. The newspaper lists the daily change in the price of gold.