Oil Rigs and Oil Spills

Huge ocean oil rigs drill for crude oil.

Your job is to learn more about these oil rigs and decide if they are a good idea or not a good idea.

Before you begin watch this video.

But sometimes oil rigs have accidents called oil spills.

The Deepwater Horizon was one of the worst oil spills in history.

Learn about the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• In the Library:

  • • True Book: The BP Oil Spill

    • Article: Oil Spills

• Article and Audio: Britannica: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

• Discovery Education Videos:

  • • Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill - 9 mins

    • Deepwater Horizon - Assessing the Damage, Restoring the Coast - 4 mins

Fill in the Pro/Con worksheet

Use your background research notes.

Plus here is another resource: Pros and Cons of Oil

What do you think?

Drilling for oil in the ocean is more important than worrying about the dangers of an oil spill?
or

Drilling for oil in the ocean is too dangerous and not worth the damage to animals and people’s health.