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.
The Effects of Oil - 3 mins
Background Research - Blue Sheet
Oil rigs drill for crude oil.
What is crude oil?
Article and Video: Fun Kids: Energy Sources - Crude Oil
Article: Science Kids: Oil Facts for Kids
Article with Audio: Britannica: Petroleum (Crude Oil)
Video: Brainpop: Gas and Oil
What do we use Crude Oil for?
2 articles in the library: "Oil, oil Everywhere" AND "So Many Uses"
How do we get crude oil from oil rigs?
1 article in the library: "Oil Under the Sea"
Video below
ExxonMobil: Life on an Oil Rig - 3 mins
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
Discovery Education Videos:
Pro/Con Sheet - Fill in the Sheet
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? - Fill in Your Claim Sheet
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.
Yellow Sheets - Focused Research
Get more details to support your thinking. Look at the resources under the side you picked.
Drilling for oil in the ocean is too dangerous and not worth the damage to animals and people’s health.
Use the notes you already have, plus here is more information:
Discovery Education Videos
Impact on Kids - 4 mins
Drilling for oil in the ocean is more important than worrying about the dangers of an oil spill?
Use the notes you already have, plus here is more information:
Jobs: Economic Benefits of oil from the U.S. Government
Safety - Woodside Drilling - 5 mins
How this company drills for oil safely
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