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Worksheet
Curated OER

Air Pollution

For Students 9th - 12th
In this pollution worksheet, learners read about how air pollution is created and the harmful products that come out of a car exhaust. Then students complete 9 short answer questions.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Petroleum: Gasoline

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what gasoline is and the different terms used for it, describes how it is produced, and what effects different properties of a gasoline can have on its performance. Also discusses how the composition of gasoline varies depending...
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Website
Other

Bp: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Very user-friendly site from BP Oil company that is easy to find the information about the oil industry. The front page even lists the current stock price at the very minute you are looking at the site.
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Lead

For Students 9th - 10th
WebElements offers a very nice summary of information on lead. Highly readable (great cartoon) and thorough. Recommended highly.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: How to Make Petrol or Gas From Crude Oil

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a trip on an oil rig to view how oil is drilled. This documentary shows how gas and petrol is refined from crude oil. See a pumping jack in action as it harvests "Texas's gold". Follow the crude oil as it travels through pipes to an...