School Photos

	Wanamaker Elementary School is located in southeast Indianapolis and teaches Kindergarten through 5th grades. This school is over 100 miles from coal producing counties in Indiana. Mike Kalagian and Vicki Preston of the Office of Surface Mining, Indianapolis Area Office, made coal presentations to the 4th grade classes on March 5, 2002.
	This is Mr. Schnepp’s class of 24 students.
	Students are viewing a short video, “Coal: The Inside Story” provided by American Electric Power from Columbus, Ohio. The age appropriate video uses a puppet narrator to explain coal formation, mining, and uses.
	This is Mrs. Alexander’s class of 19 students.
	Mrs. Alexander also used one of the charts to further explain the many uses of coal beyond electrical production.
	During the presentation of overheads and slides, students had a chance to handle pieces of coal.
	This is Mrs. Fulton’s class of 27 students.
	Students are looking at lignite from a Texas mine and bituminous coal samples donated by Solar Sources Inc., an Indiana coal producer. Vicki Preston handled questions raised by the students.
	This is Mrs. Titzer’s class of 23 students.
	Mike Kalagian answers questions about coal and coal mining during his presentation.