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US Department of Energy

Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Study Guide: Oil (Pdf)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a Fossil Energy Study Guide all about oil including where it is found, a map of the top oil states, the uses for petroleum, drilling for oil, and much more.
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University of Arizona

Pulse: Powerful Explorations of Health and Energy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross curricular unit where students simulate an energy task meeting to discuss protecting human health through energy policies. The unit covers content for twelfth grade in math, physics, language arts, and government. Topics reviewed...
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Other

American Association of Petroleum Geologist (Aapg): Careers

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site for learning what petroleum geologist actuallly do. It dicusses the field in general as well as detailing several current projects relating to petroleum geology.
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Website
Other

Exxon Mobil

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about service station locations and information on the varios products they sell. Also includes news, job and career information, investor information, and more.
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Website
Other

Maersk: Quest for Oil

For Students 9th - 10th
Test knowledge and understanding of the oil industry worldwide through online gaming and educational resources. Identify key challenges to the industry, offshore drilling, and global opportunities for growth.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Nonrenewable Energy: Natural Gas

For Students 3rd - 8th
Get the basics on nonrenewable energy. Learn about its uses and conservation.
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Article
USA Today

Usa Today: List of Texas Natural Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the importance of the five most abundant natural resources in Texas.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: N q.a.1: Selling Fuel Oil at a Loss

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This task is a modeling problem which ties into financial decisions faced routinely by companies. Students will try to keep a balance between maintaining their oil inventory and raising short-term capital for investment or re-investment...
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Other

Penn State University: Energy and Fuels in Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by the Penn State University, gives twenty one chapters of charts, graphs, and information on synthetic fuels.
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Introduction to Play Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
A video lecture and practice exercises for students methods used to find hydrocarbons during oil discovery.
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Website
Other

The Oil Industry: Spindletop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Links to several excellent sites on the Discovery of Oil at Spindletop. See many photos, primary documents, biographies, and a multimedia timeline.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Getting the Oil Out

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers build an artificial lifting system prototype to test the ability to pump oil.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Claim Testers: Episode 4 Fueling the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
The claim tester gang comes face-to-face with Orx-30. This comic focuses around the topic of sustainable forms of energy.
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Lesson Plan
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Tower of Power

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students will learn that heat is needed to separate crude oil/petroleum into useable substances to make the products we use every day.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Meet Rachel Price

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Rachel Price, engineer and bike-traveler!
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Petroleum Power Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this study guide to understand petroleum power.
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: World Geography: Oil in the Middle East and Africa

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and express claims through discussion and writing which examine the importance of oil and water to the success and survival of the Middle East and North Africa.
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Why Don't Oil and Water Mix?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module from The Concord Consortium, students will explore how energy and electric forces change when you mix polar and non-polar substances together.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Sources of Land Pollution

For Students 4th - 7th
Short descriptions of various sources of solid and semi-solid pollutants that affect land and soil resources.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Oil (Petroleum)

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief description of how oil is formed and where it comes from.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Timelines: Oil

For Students 3rd - 5th
A short history of petroleum oil from 3000 B.C. to the present.
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Handout
University of Oregon

Electronic Universe Project: Fossil Fuel Consumption

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on historical energy consumption in the U.S. and projected figures.
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Activity
Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Density

For Students 3rd - 7th
An introduction to density, mass, and volume with links to related books and activities.
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Handout
Kidport

Kidport Reference Library: Energy

For Students 3rd - 5th
A simple introduction to energy, offering information on hydro-electric energy, fossil fuels, nuclear power, solar energy, and wind energy.