{"id":458,"date":"2015-02-15T23:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-15T23:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2023-02-01T08:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T08:00:20","slug":"mine-games-bestology-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/15\/mine-games-bestology-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mine Games!  bESTology Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Mine Games! \u00a0bESTology Week 4<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/inside-of-a-mine.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-3253\" alt=\"inside of a  mine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/inside-of-a-mine-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/inside-of-a-mine-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/inside-of-a-mine-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As we dig deeper into Pay Dirt, our knowledge of the mining industry must heat up!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Fact:<\/i>\u00a0 The deeper the mine, the hotter it gets.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Fact:<\/i>\u00a0 Miners often have to travel two miles or more underground each day to get to their job.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Fact:<\/i>\u00a0 No mine can be 100% robotic.\u00a0 Humans are required for repairs and logistics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0From pillars, to long walls to lift cages, jump aboard as we travel inside the earth!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Resources:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/14\/pioneering-underground-mining\/\">Pioneering Underground Mining<\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">by Joy Mining Company<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/14\/inside-of-a-mine-lets-go\/\">Inside of a Mine.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saimm.co.za\/Journal\/v080n01p037.pdf\">Pillar Designs in Coal Mines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofbest.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/14\/take-a-ride-into-a-mine\/\">Let\u2019s take a ride into a mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Room_and_pillar\">Room and Pillar Mining &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umwa.org\/?q=content\/room-and-pillar-mining\">Room and Pillar Mining<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Longwall_mining\">Long Wall Mining &#8211; Wikipedia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldfacts.org\/en\/supply_chain\/mining\/\">Gold Facts and a Modern Day Gold Mine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Data Mining:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Mine Games!\u00a0 Without using the internet or other reference materials, brainstorm the meaning of the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Room and pillar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Long wall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Continuous miner<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Retreat mining<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mantrap<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Coal face<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Slurry<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now research the meaning of each term listed above.\u00a0 Earn one point for each correct answer!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Writing<\/b>:<\/span>\u00a0 More Mine Games! \u00a0Design a board game.\u00a0 Using the above list of resources, incorporate the following terminology into a board game:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mine entrance<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Room and pillar or long wall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Safe room<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ventilation system<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lift cages or trains<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Coal or salt<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Once your game is complete, share with others to expand their knowledge of the mining industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>BEST Connection:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Let\u2019s take Mine Games one step further and develop the board game into a BEST game.\u00a0 Sketch a field that has a main entrance, room and pillar, safe room, ventilation system and a commodity to be mined, i.e. coal, salt, copper, gold, silver.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">List various tasks the robot should accomplish and formulate a scoring system.\u00a0 Discuss with your classmates the objective of the game and construct two strategic plans to obtain the highest score.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Community Connection:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> One more Mine Game! Create a list of how coal and salt are used in your community.\u00a0 Beside each use, name a business or industry that is involved with each.\u00a0 Compare your list with others.\u00a0 Earn a point for each business\/industry that others did not list.\u00a0 Invite a guest speaker from your local power company to share how coal is used to generate electricity in your region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy:<\/b>\u00a0 brainstorm, compare, construct, develop, discuss, formulate, incorporate, invite, list, name, research, share, sketch, use<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Workforce Skills:<\/b> reading, critical thinking, active learning, writing, learning strategies, career awareness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright 2015 Friends of BEST in Alabama, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mine Games! &nbsp;bESTology Week 4<\/p>\n<p>As we dig deeper into Pay Dirt, our knowledge of the mining industry must heat up!<\/p>\n<p>Fact:&nbsp; The deeper the mine, the hotter it gets.<br \/>\nFact:&nbsp; Miners often have to travel two miles or more underground each day to get to their job.<br \/>\nFact:&nbsp; No mine can be 100% robotic.&nbsp; Humans are required for repairs and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;From pillars, to long walls to lift cages, jump aboard as we travel inside the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bestology-2015"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}