Sessions of 2025 Summer Conference: Dan Moreno
Moreno, Dan
Graduate Associate: Education Outreach
Dan is a veteran high school science teacher and PhD candidate in the University of Arizona College of Education Department of Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies. His focus is on science teaching and teacher education, but for the past year, he has been leading the School of Mining and Mineral Resources Education Outreach Program's teacher professional development offerings, including the wildly successful Cu at the Mine! academy. Dan strives to engage teachers and students in three-dimensional science teaching and learning aligned to the Next Generation and Arizona Science Standards.
Sessions:
Maximum Profit, Minimum Impact: Mine Design and Engineering
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Westin La Paloma
- Construction Science Technologies
- Engineering, Manufacturing
- Interdisciplinary
Presented by the University of Arizona School of Mining and Mineral Resources, this lesson focuses on the twin imperatives of a mining engineer: remove copper from the earth while spending less money, leaving the smallest impact on the environment. Teachers will review mathematical formulas and principles for describing area, volume, mass, and density, to apply these concepts in a competition to design a mine that maximizes profits for its investors while minimizing the impact on the environment. This lesson requires at least a 6th-grade proficiency in math but is adaptable to calculus.
