Berkeley Pit Resources for Teachers & Educators

2010 Berkeley Pit Posters

This educational poster series covers Berkeley Pit history and ongoing environmental management at the site. Hard copies of the posters will be available in the Butte area in late 2010. Posters are available free-of-charge for Clark Fork Basin educators and public organizations. To request posters, email info@pitwatch.org, or call (406) 496-4832.

• Butte Mining Through the Years
• Mining the Berkeley Pit
• The Berkeley Pit: The Water Returns
• The Berkeley Pit: Treating the Water

Clark Fork Watershed Education Program

The Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP) provides educational services related to the Clark Fork Basin environment to students, teachers and the public. CFWEP can assist teachers and other groups in setting-up field trips to the Berkeley Pit and other Clark Fork Basin Superfund sites, lead tours, provide historical context and scientific background on the area, assist with science projects, provide guest speakers for classrooms, offer Clark Fork environmental science and history lesson plans and curriculum materials, and much more. For more information and online resources, visit www.cfwep.org.

Visit the Berkeley Pit

Educational tours and field trips of the Berkeley Pit and associated historic Butte mine workings and restoration projects are available from CFWEP. Teachers, university groups, community groups, government agencies, and anyone else interested in touring the site with local experts are encouraged to contact info@pitwatch.org.

The Berkeley Pit in the Classroom

The Berkeley Pit is one of the most studied pit lakes in the world (See the October 2000 News & Notes article, "Berkeley Pit is the Olympics of Testing Treatment Technology"). As a result, there are many opportunities to use the Berkeley Pit in your classroom as a teaching tool. Contact us and we can help you turn the Berkeley Pit into a research project for your classes.