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\nInquiry in Action: Second Grade Chapter 2 - Liquids Have Properties\n

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\nA lesson in Inquiry in Action: Second Grade Chapter 2 looks at the properties of liquids. Learners conduct different property tests on water, mineral oil, and corn syrup using a student activity guide. They record their results and use...\n
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\nAdventures in Chemistry: Experiments\n

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\nTwenty-one Inquiry-based lessons provide young scientists with an opportunity to experiment with a variety of chemical reactions. Classroom investigators make observations, develop basic lab skills, and follow step-by-step instructions...\n
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\nLife Science\n

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\nPhotosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry, and bioremediation. Young environmental engineers study these processes. Using photosynthesis as a model and biomimicry as an example, groups research how nature provides hints for engineering...\n
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\nEnvironmental Engineering and Water Chemistry\n

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\nIntroduce young scientists to the fundamentals of environmental engineering with a nine-resource collection that looks at air, land, and water quality concerns. The unit begins with a PowerPoint presentation that provides background...\n
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\nBalanced Assessment: Basic High School Packet\n

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\nSeventeen short assessments are designed to test scholars’ knowledge of basic Algebra 1 concepts. Pupils determine the houses that are a given maximum distance from a school, complete charts to show equivalent scale factors, and...\n
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\nHow to Clean Up an Oil Slick\n

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\nStudents explore how an oil spill is contained and cleaned up. They investigate an oil absorbing polymer that is hydrophobic, absorbs up to 19 times its own weight in nonpolar liquids, floats on water, and can be reused or disposed of by...\n
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\nOil Crisis: What Would You Do?\n

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\nThe dynamics between the economies and politics of the United States and the Middle East are here to study. Upper graders read and discuss scenarios relating to OPEC and the current oil crisis, then in small groups role-play members of...\n
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\nFossil Fuels (Part I), The Geology of Oil\n

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\nJunior geologists work through three mini-lessons that familiarize them with the formation and location of fossil fuels. Part one involves reading about petroleum and where it comes from via a thorough set of handouts. A lab activity...\n
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\nOil Spill!\n

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\nFourth and fifth graders take a close look at oil spills and the devastating effects they have on the environment. They explore the various methods for cleaning up oils spills and perform and hands-on simulation of an oil spill in class....\n
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\nOil Absorbing Polymer\n

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\nThis episode does a good job of showing a really good way to perform the classic science experiment which involves separating oil from water. Spangler shows a chemical that \"hooks onto\" the oil that has been dumped into a container of...\n
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\nCleaning up an oil spill\n

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\nSmall groups complete a science project involving cleaning up an oil spill. In this experiment, pupils use 4 different sorbents to discover which one absorbs the most oil.  Afterward, they make a data table.\n
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\nFats and Oils (Plant Oils)\n

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\nSow the seeds of knowledge with a short video about plant oils! Science scholars discover the methods people use to extract oils from olives, coconuts, and flowers. The narrator also explains the chemical structures of these oils and why...\n
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\nThe Oil Field Industry\n

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\nA brief look at natural resources are described, prior to explaining the importance of oil in this 12-slide PowerPoint. Clear and colorful graphics are on each slide to keep viewers interested and more informed. Tip: Ask students how...\n
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\nA Closer look at Oil and Energy Consumption\n

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\nUpper graders analyze basic concepts about the consumption, importation and exportation of the worlds oil production. They create several graphs to organize the data and draw conclusions about the overall use of oil in the world.\n
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\nCartoons for the Classroom: Oil Spill Perspectives\n

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\nWith the BP oil spill still fresh on your scholars' minds, take the opportunity to analyze various perspectives on it through political cartoons. This critical-analysis handout features 2 cartoons on the incident. Background information...\n
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\nThe Chemistry of Refining Crude Oil\n

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\nConsider our energy sources: wood, coal, oil, uranium. Learners compare the pollution to energy produced for each. They practice fractional distillation of an alcohol/water mixture to simulate the process of refining crude oil....\n
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\nOil and Water\n

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\nIf you don't get along with someone, it's said that the two of you are like oil and water. Why is this? Explore the phenomenon and explain the phrase in one resource! Science superstars first observe samples of oil and water together....\n
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\nOils and Plastic\n

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\nPeruse the properties of polymers with your materials engineers, chemistry aces, or emerging ecologists. The inquiries in this resource include puncturing polyethylene plastic bags, dissolving polystyrene cups, creating a polymer...\n
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\nInvestigation: Oil Recovery\n

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\nEnergy conservers investigate gravel size to discover if it impacts the amount of oil recovered in the extraction process. \n
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\nFossil Fuels (Part II), The Geology of Oil\n

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\nMore of a mini-unit than a lesson, these activities lead inquisitors through a survey of oil deposits. In the first part, they read about and view diagrams of sedimentary rock layers that trap oil. Next, they test porosity and...\n
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\nCrude Oil\n

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\nThe United States consumes more oil than any other country, and its residents use 50 percent of that for transportation. Scholars match eight fractions of crude oil to their applications. Then, they fill in three logic puzzles reviewing...\n
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\nOil Consumption\n

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\nAn assessment presents a chart displaying oil consumption Pupils use the chart to determine the greatest increase in consumption, and then apply that information to figure out when the consumption may reach 100 million barrels a day.\n
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\nUses of Crude Oil Fractions\n

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\nSo many layers, so many uses! Chemistry pupils discover the many uses of the molecules separated from crude oil during the process of fractional distillation. The animated video covers such materials as plastic, kerosene, and diesel....\n
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\nGlobal Oil Busters!\n

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\nStudents design and implement an investigation of the impact of oil spills on the environment. They then identify and compare different methods in cleaning up oil spills. Students write letters to the Governor about why the material they...\n
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