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Oil Spill Resources

Our friends at the Ohio Resource Center have done a great job pulling together resources for grade K-12 on understanding and teaching about the oil spill in the Gulf. The resources are split into grade bands and a short podcast introduces ideas on how teachers can use an Earth science systems approach to incorporate oil spill activities into their instruction.

ORC on Oil Spills - http://www.ohiorc.org/orcon/oilspill/default.aspx

Have you found any other resources you think would be appropriate for the middle school classroom? Please share them!

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Permalink Reply by Kim Lightle on June 24, 2010 at 12:28pm

Here are a few more resources:

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: A Middle School Perspective - http://bit.ly/cPJ84m

Like Doobie Brothers Black Water? Here is a new version... about the oil spill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Z9W59Z5ZY

Citizen Science Project - count Gulf ghost crabs - http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/06/gulf-crab-count/

Estimated Gallons Leaked - Adjustable http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/oil-ticker/

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Permalink Reply by Kim Lightle on July 19, 2010 at 10:09am

Anything called the Sandboni deserves a mention - even if the well is being controlled for the moment - there will still be lots of clean up to do. Here is a blog post that describes five clean up machines. Maybe your students can design some others - 5 Wild Technologies Being Used Now to Clean Up the BP Oil Spill.