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Curated OER

Careers in Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a video about careers in chemistry. In this Chemistry lesson plan, students will research chemistry careers and chose one to do further research on.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Do We Need Petroleum?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students learn the many ways petroleum is used in our industrial society, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use. They explore what it would be like to live in a world without petroleum.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze how interest groups present their viewpoint to the public. They assess how media can influence public opinion by closely examining a political ad from the 1964 presidential election.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slide Right On By Using an Inclined Plane

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the simple machine known as a plane. They build their own pyramid and identify the role of screws. They participate in a hands-on activity in which they determine the angle in which to make it easier to pull.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Natural Gas Lesson-How Natural Gas Forms

For Teachers K - 9th
Students examine background natural gas and how it is formed and what it is made of. Titles within the series include How Natural Gas Forms, What Happens to Natural Gas when it is burned, and How Natural Gas can be used. Provides very...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson Plan 4: Political Advertising

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe a political advertisement and evaluate the views promoted in the ad. After exploring governmental policies, students create their own 30-second ad to promote a specified cause and publicize their views. Students share...
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ocean Oil: Offshore Petroleum

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on offshore oil. Some of the topics covered include the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil exploration and oil reserves, oil drilling, and the history of oil and gas.
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eBook
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Nonrenewable Oil (Petroleum)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides good information about oil made from petroleum. Covers production, offshore drilling, fuel products made from crude oil, the refining process, and environmental issues. Includes helpful charts and maps.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Question of the Day: Anwr Drilling Policy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine two policy positions regarding oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The students also determine their viewpoint on the issue and quantitatively analyze the cases for oil drilling in the ANWR...
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Article
Other

Natural Resources Defense Council: Oil and the Arctic Wildlife Refuge

For Students 9th - 10th
The continuing debate between oil drilling and wilderness preservation rages on. Questions concerning the impact to the land and animals are discussed in this site.
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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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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Drilling for Alaska

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about drilling for oil in Alaska. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Coastal Drilling in Sunny California

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about off-shore drilling and the need for alternate energy sources. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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...
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Handout
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Oil: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
A reference page on oil. Learn about what is, uses of crude oil, how it formed, how it is drilled for both onshore and offshore, the history, and the advantages and disadvantages of oil.
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Activity
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Getting the Oil Out

For Students 2nd - 6th
This activity demonstrates how artificial lift systems are used to help pull the oil out of the reservoir rock and pump it up the well.
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Article
New York Times

New York Times: Learning Network: Alaska Thaws, Complicating the Hunt for Oil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Over three decades, rising temperatures have cut the frozen season in half in Alaska. Oil-prospecting convoys in search of new deposits are allowed to crisscross the fragile tundra only when it is snowy and solid. Find out about the...
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Unit Plan
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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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Drill, Baby, Drill?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, for grades 7-12, learners will examine President Obama's proposed policy on offshore drilling, the various positions on offshore oil exploration and participate in a mock-policy committee to develop policies for offshore...
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Bp Oil Disaster

For Students 9th - 10th
Up to the minute news on the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. The BBC reports on the impact on the environment and provides an interactive guide to stopping the leak itself. In addition, find maps that clearly define the...
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: The Gulf Oil Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Multi-media lesson plan includes a video, PowerPoint, and handouts from which learners explore the issues raised by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and interpret political cartoons and the cartoonist's message.
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Article
Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Howard Robard Hughes, Sr.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this concise biography of Howard Robard Hughes, Sr., the inventor of the Hughes Rock Bit, which was key in the birth of the Texas oil drilling industry.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Exploring for Petroleum Modeling an Oil Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Experience the process of searching and drilling for oil in this hands-on activity.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Modeling Oil and Gas Reservoirs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will help young scholars understand some of the factors that petroleum geologists need to consider when deciding where to recommend drilling for oil.

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