Student Activities

In this delicious hands-on activity, you will learn about mining, reclamation and profitability while mining chocolate chips from a cookie. You’ll choose the quality of land and tools for your mine, then get to work mining chocolate chips! When the timer buzzes, you’ll compare your income and expenses. Did your mine make a profit?

Help light up Ridgetown! A new North Dakota town needs electricity and it's your job to find a path for electrical transmission lines. While the shortest path between substations is always a straight line, you'll have to follow real-world regulations and rules before constructing your towers. Can you find the shortest, cheapest route?

Go back in time - way, way, way back! In this activity, you’ll learn how sedimentary layers of rock were deposited millions of years ago, leading to coal formation. After creating a model of sedimentary rock layers with playdough, fast forward to the present and work as a core sampler to discover where that coal from the past is hidden.

This activity will teach you all about the electricity you use every day! You’ll apply your knowledge while designing your dream vacation at MegaWatt Mansion. But beware - every choice you make will affect the amount of electricity you use.