A photo looking down into water troughs that Yukon Dan brings and sets up. It shows multiple hands, gripping black plastic gold pans filled with mixed gravel as they are in the process of swishing water through it to try and find the gold flakes within. So the kids get to simulate what it was like to actually pan for gold in a river.
Dry gold pans with gravel and several small rocks with various minerals in them, and some eye loops and magnifier flashlight to get an up close look at the materials. So, there is this station, then a worksheet station to try and fill in information provided during his info session, and the actual gold panning station, plus a quick presentation about all kinds of gold materials in a display case and display table set up.
A close-up of one case within the display table that has all kinds of things made with gold or related to gold mining. This case has some of Yukon Dan’s meals from gold panning competitions plus things that have gold on them are made with gold. As well as some different golden nuggets that he has found while panning.
Gr 5 Social Studies presentations from Yukon Dan today…gold panning and Gold Rush learning in the library (it’s become an annual thing).
(Psssttt, #BCTLA folks, he has room for four more schools on a Vancouver Island tour early June.)
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