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  • Membership
    • Producer Membership
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    • Clean Fill Operator (CCDD) Membership
    • Student Membership
    • Committee Membership
  • Learn More
    • About the IAAP >
      • Board of Directors, Staff and Committee Organization
      • History
    • What Aggregates & Industrial Minerals Do For You
    • For educators >
      • Rocks, Minerals & Mining workshop for Illinois teachers
      • Resources for teachers
      • Teaching Enhancement Grant
    • For students >
      • Education Foundation Scholarship
    • Working in the industry
    • Advocacy and industry topics >
      • Permission to Mine
      • Safety and Health
      • Environmental
      • Sustainability
      • Economic Benefits
      • Trucks & Traffic
      • Noise
      • Clean Construction & Demolition Debris Disposal
    • Community resources >
      • For Members
      • For general public
  • Find products
    • Stone, sand, gravel or industrial minerals
    • Goods and Services for Industry
    • Agricultural Lime
    • Safety Slogan T-shirts order
  • News and events
    • COVID-19 resources
    • What's happening
    • Register for upcoming events
    • Update Newsletter
    • Alerts to members >
      • Safety Alerts
      • Environmental Alerts
    • Convention & Safety Conference >
      • Seminar download 2020
    • Golf Outing
    • Rocks Minerals Mining workshop for Illinois teachers
  • Member Resources
    • Committees >
      • Safety Committee
      • Environmental Committee
      • PIE Committee
      • Sustainability Committee
      • Specifications / Technical Committee
      • Legislative Committee
      • Board of Directors
    • Awards and Certificates >
      • Rock Solid Safety
      • Innovative Safety
      • Community Relations
      • Environmental Excellence
      • Sustainability Award
      • Industry Leadership
      • Mining New Members
      • Safety Slogan Contest
    • Sales Tax Exemption for Mining Equipment
    • Permitting and Certification Program Guidance
    • Resource Bank
    • Webinars and videos
    • Insurance Safety Group
    • Student Members Seeking Career or Internship Opportunities
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Illinois Teachers Workshop
Rocks, Minerals & Mining in Today’s Society
July 19-21, 2021
Pere Marquette State Park Lodge in Grafton, Illinois

With an abundance of caution for everyone's safety, the Rocks, Minerals & Mining Workshop scheduled for July 2020 was postponed until 2021 due to the pandemic and the Governor’s current Restore Illinois plan.  The 2021 workshop will be held at the same location. You may start registering for the 2021 workshop now.
Teachers, register for this three-day event designed to inform Illinois educators about the importance of rocks, minerals, and mining in everyday life.  We accomplish this by inviting 35 teachers each summer to tour active mining operations and to acquire information, tools, and activities that they can use in their classrooms.  The workshop is held at various locations around the state of Illinois in order to highlight the diversity of Illinois' geology and how this affects the rocks and minerals mined nearby.
Register here
​Registration is open to teachers who have not previously attended this workshop.

Fees & Sponsorships
  • Teachers pay a $60 fee to attend the workshop.
  • Meals and lodging are included at no additional cost.  You may also go home each night if you live near the workshop location.
  • The IAAP will match every teacher with an industry member sponsor whose financial contribution to this workshop provides for the facilities rental, educational materials and lodging accommodations for Monday and Tuesday nights of the workshop.  Participating teachers will be responsible for the registration fee and cost for graduate level credit if you so choose.  
    IAAP members wishing to sponsor a teacher or contribute to this event should contact Jodi or Shawn at the IAAP.
  • For an additional course fee of $250, two graduate credit hours can be earned through Illinois State University (course number 439.07 - Geology of Illinois: Teaching Rocks, Minerals and Mining in the Classroom).  You may download the graduate credit syllabus and assignment on this webpage.

​What you will learn & do
  • Learn about Illinois geology, Earth processes, mining for rocks & minerals and their uses and end products, land reclamation, sustainability, and environmental issues.
  • Explore concerns and misconceptions about the aggregates industry.
  • Actively participate in fun and educational hands-on activities suitable for teaching earth science in the classroom.
  • Talk with experts from industry, academia and regulatory agencies about mining and geological topics.
  • Experience field trips to unique geological formations, historical sites, active mining operations and land reclamation sites where what you heard about in workshop lectures is brought to life!​
Information Brochure
​2019 Workshop Schedule
​​Graduate Credit Syllabus and Assignment (2019)​
2019 Workshop Photos
Participants' Video
Romeo Quarry Blast
Anna Quarry Blast
Teaching Enhancement Grant
What you receive for attending
  • Professional Development Hours are granted through a partnership with the Illinois Science Teachers’ Association.
  • Each teacher receives numerous educational materials, including mineral kits, rock & mineral samples, fossil kit, videos, posters, lesson plans, learning activities, and other teaching aids provided by the IAAP and its members. 
  • And participants will join a learning community of teachers who have attended the workshop.
Don't miss this great opportunity to learn, have fun, and make valuable contacts with other teachers and individuals in the mining industry!

Teachers' comments about the workshop
"I came away with a wealth of information, ideas, activities, and materials that I am very excited to incorporate within the classroom."
            B.C., Lisbon Grade School 

"I really appreciate the opportunity to mix with "real" scientists and people in the field.  All were willing to answer questions.  I like having folks I can call if I have questions."
            A.R., Old Orchard Junior High

"Wow!  This workshop was amazing.  All of the presenters were very knowledgeable in their area.  I didn't realize how important the industry is in today's society."
            T.C., West Oak Middle School
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