Curated OER
Air Pollution
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.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Petroleum: Gasoline
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...
Other
Bp: Home Page
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.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Lead
WebElements offers a very nice summary of information on lead. Highly readable (great cartoon) and thorough. Recommended highly.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: How to Make Petrol or Gas From Crude Oil
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...