Curated OER
And Your Point Is . . .? Part I
Students, in groups, complete a WebQuest titled "Love Canal Debate". They follow the WebQuest to research and write papers on different points of view regarding the Love Canal environmental disaster.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Sea Turtles and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
After researching and comparing five species of sea turtles, students look at how they were affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Then they learn about efforts to relocate wildlife after an environmental disaster such as this, and...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Oil and Bird Populations
After learning about the diversity of wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico, students focus on birds and their patterns of behavior. They then how an oil spill might affect migrating birds, and possible ways to help them in the event of an oil...
New York State Dept. of Health
New York State Department of Health: Love Canal Public Health Time Bomb
Read the report to the New York governor and legislature from the Commissioner of Health laying out the dangers presented by the toxic chemicals dumped in the town of Love Canal.
University at Buffalo
Love Canal Collections: Love Canal Chronologies
Find chronologies from three different sources of Love Canal and its chemical contamination. Read about how the investigation of this environmental disaster progressed over the years.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Dust Bowl
Find out how the ecological and economic disaster known as the Dust Bowl affected Texans and the state of Texas.