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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nExploring Energy: Designing a Brighter Future\n

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\nCoal soot and gas fumes, smog and pollution, acid rain and nuclear radiation may become passe as scientists search for innovative, sustainable energy sources. Engage young environmentalists in the quest with a collection of resources...\n
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\nSolar Updraft Towers\n

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\nGet young scientists energized about all the different energy sources with a five-lesson unit that combines research, direct observations, and hands-on investigation. To begin, scholars investigate a renewable or non-renewable energy...\n
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\nThe Story of Petroleum\n

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\nAn array of video clips, photographs, and drawings keep visual learners engaged, and an agreeable narration voice draws in auditory learners. It begins by explaining the formation of fossil fuels and progresses into how oil is located,...\n
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\nPolymers and Products from Petroleum\n

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\nOver four sessions, learners survey the production and use of polymers and petroleum products. First, they participate in a kinesthetic activity to demonstrate how polymers act, and review a list of common products made from...\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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\nPetro Products\n

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\nIn this petroleum products worksheet, students are given the components of crude oil and they graph the various products found in a 50 gallon barrel. Students complete an activity to determine if they have collected cards that represent...\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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\nConfidence in Salaries in Petroleum Engineering\n

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\nJust how confident can we be with statistics calculated from a sample? Learners take this into account as they look at data from a sample of petroleum engineer salaries. They analyze the effect sample size has on a margin of error and...\n
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\nProducts from Petroleum\n

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\nStudents examine products that are petroleum based. In this petroleum product lesson, students examine a display of petroleum based  products. They discuss the products that are made from crude oil and conduct an experiment that...\n
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\nProducts Made from Petroleum\n

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\nHigh schoolers research products made from petroleum. In this transportation lesson students try to find products other than fuel, made from petroleum. They look for the most unusual or surprising products and describe the history and...\n
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\nPetroleum Word Search\n

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\nIn this science worksheet, middle schoolers find the words related to the product of petroleum and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.\n
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\nExploring for Petroleum - Modeling an Oil Reserve\n

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\nStudents experiment with locating oil reserves. In this conservation instructional activity, students use a cardboard box to create sand, rocks, and an oil reserve (water balloon). They use a probe to dig around in the box to find the...\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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\nCalibrate Peer ReviewTM: Petroleum Geology of the Persian Gulf Region\n

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\nStudents explore the origin and distribution of oil and gas in a region of global significance, the Middle East including the geologic history and the socio-political and environmental issues associated with hydrocarbon exploration and...\n
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\nTechnology and Oil\n

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\nStudents examine how society depends on petroleum products. They determine how technological advances have improved the ways these products are obtained, found, and transportation.\n
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\nModeling an Oil Reserve\n

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\nStudents conduct an experiment.  In this oil and natural gas lesson, students learn how geoscientists identify and explore reserves of petroleum.  Students make a model of an oil reserve, record how much it would cost to drill...\n
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\nWhat's the Deal With Fossil Fuels?\n

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\nPlastic bags, laptops, and even toothpaste all contain petroleum. A lesson explains how to define fossil fuels, including petroleum, and the many uses for fossil fuels in our everyday lives. It also details why new sources need to...\n
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\nWhy Do We Need Petroleum?\n

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\nStudents 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.\n
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\nThe Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries\n

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\nStudents investigate the global importance of the African and Asian countries that export petroleum. They access the OPEC website and research this organization. They answer questions and write an essay about alternative energy sources.\n
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\nPetroleum Poisons\n

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\nStudents discover how harmful petroleum distillates are that are found in the home. They demonstrate how to collect information about consumer products. They also ask their parents about the safety of the cleaning supplies used in their...\n
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\nRenewable Energy Sources\n

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\nNot all energy sources are renewable, as learners investigate in this unit. Made up of six lessons that span a few weeks of instruction, the unit has learners examining US energy reserves and consumption, using data to draw conclusions...\n
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\n2005 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions\n

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\nCan the increase in meat production keep pace with the increase in population? Individuals analyze data to determine when human populations will exceed meat production at the current rates of increase. They also consider infectious...\n
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\nGeography Now! Nigeria\n

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\nUse a video resource to explore the powerhouse that is Africa. Nigeria is the continent's most populous country and one of its most wealthy thanks to its petroleum reserves. It is diverse, comprised of more than 500 language groups and a...\n
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