I am an

Exploration Geologist
Colouring and Activity Book
 I am an
Exploration Geologist

Written by
Ann-Thérèse Brace and Sheila Stenzel
Illustrated by
Heather Brown

I am an Exploration Geologist is produced by the Mineral Resources Education Program of

British Columbia in partnership with the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia.

Reproduction of I am an Exploration Geologist is proudly sponsored by Goldcorp Inc.

© 2007 Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia

900-808 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6C 2X4 Canada
Tel. (604) 681-4321 ext. 108, 115 | Fax (604) 681-5305 | Website: www.bcminerals.ca
George

Sophie
1
 Fred

We are exploration geologists and we are off for the field

season to look for valuable minerals.
2
Oh good! Here is our transportation - a Beaver
floatplane to take us to our base camp.
3
 cook tent sleep tent wash tent outhouse office tent

You might wonder what our base camp looks like. Well,
here it is! Sure glad the camp crew went ahead and set
it all up for us. This will be home for the summer!
4
I lost my rock hammer. Can you help me find it?
5
Sure glad we brought everything we need for a safe
work day. Can you help me pack my backpack? Circle
the things I need for the day.
6
When we explore for minerals we either walk on foot, go
by boat, or fly in a helicopter. Each day we explore a
little further away from camp.
7
As we work we stop and look at all the rocks along the
way. We break off samples with a rock hammer and look
at them with a hand lens. We write what we see in our
notebooks and mark the spot on our map.
8
Can you sort these rocks for me?

9
We make a map of all the different rocks we see. Help
me make my geologic map! Colour the rock types the
same as you did before!

10
When I find valuable minerals in a rock outcrop, my next
job is to find out how big the mineral deposit might be.
11
When our backpacks are full of samples and our lunch is
gone we head back to camp. We put our samples into
buckets and send them out to a lab. We put our field
notes into the computer.
12
After a long work day we are hungry. We all meet up in
the cook tent for dinner. We talk about our day.
13
After dinner we are off to bed. What a great day. I
wonder what we will find tomorrow?
14
 Exploration Geologist
Word Search
[ D H V X R H Q J L V Q W Q T
J D Y O P [ K S J I N V V L F
E D F N S D F N O R R H L D R
I \ N O \ P S R R X W G J W P
R P R P G J D E F W D L R Q S
H U N P H W H V W F R P O X X
H P W U S W N F R U E H R R W
H [ S O R U D W L R Q Q H P H
Y V D Q V Z Q P Z S D W J G U
Z Q P L L H G F R P S D V V H
H I O \ W D \ O K U M U T P P
V Q H O G Q D K H L S \ R L P
P L Q H U D O I D L N K N Q D
U H W S R F L O H K I H L H K
F D P S G U H Y D H E G N F ]

backpack floatplane mine

beaver fly mineral
boat geologist mountain
camp hammer notebook
compass handlens outcrop
computer helicopter rock
deposit hike sample
exploration igneous sedimentary
explore map tent
fieldwork metamorphic

Created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoverySchool.com

15
The Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia
The Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia is the BC
minerals industry’s K-12 school program which is dedicated to
encouraging geoscience and mineral resources education in school.
www.bcminerals.ca

AME BC – Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia

AME BC advocates a healthy, sustainable, and environmentally sound
mineral exploration sector, and hosts Mineral Exploration Roundup, the
world’s largest annual technical mineral exploration conference.
www.amebc.ca

Goldcorp Inc.
Goldcorp is one of the world’s largest gold mining companies with
operations throughout the Americas and Australia. Our vision is to
continue to develop profitable and sustainable mining operations for the
benefit of all our stakeholders.
www.goldcorp.com