Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Oil Spill: Exxon Valdez, 1989

9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA follows the clean-up effort after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska. Also featured is a marsh where an oil spill occurred 20 years earlier; analysis suggests that environmental...
Instructional Video
Monterey Institute for Technology and Education

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Ocean Pollution

9th - 10th
This learning module explores the effects trash, toxins, oil and sound pollution are having on our oceans. Includes two short videos along with a brief exploration and two interactives. A brief assessment follows each interactive.
Instructional Video
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Oil Fingerprinting

7th
Do you know how scientist find the origin of oil spills? This video discusses oil fingerprinting which is used to find the origin of oil spills. [5:00]
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Oil Contaminants Hidden From View

9th - 10th
This video adapted from KTOO explores why the beaches of Latouche Island and Knight Island, Alaska, contain remnants of an oil spill and discusses its resulting impact on the Alutiiq community of Chenega Bay.3m 37s
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: The Oil Spill and the Limits of Science

9th - 10th
Are there some challenges that are beyond us, despite money, intelligence, and desire?
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Oil Spill Update

9th - 10th
What do researchers want to know about the Gulf oil spill, but haven't been able to learn?
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Oil Spill Update: Cleanup and Long Term Effects

9th - 10th
There's not much oil lingering on the surface of the Gulf these days -- but where did it go, and what's going to happen to the oil that remains in less obvious parts of the ecosystem?
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Science in the Gulf

9th - 10th
Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster?
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Undersea Oil Eating Bacteria

9th - 10th
We'll hear about research into undersea bacteria in the Gulf, and their oil-eating capabilities.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil

9th - 10th
Scientists have created an iron-containing soap that can be removed from solution with a magnet.
Instructional Video
Science for Kids

Science Kids: Nature Videos: Cleaning an Oil Spill

5th - 8th
Learn about the innovative solution an Alabama zoo had to clean up oil spills by using alpaca fleece. [3:21]
Instructional Video
California Academy of Sciences

Ca Academy of Sciences: Bio Inspiration: Hair Mats

3rd - 8th
Hairdresser Phil McCrory had an idea twenty years ago while watching news footage of the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Human hair absorbs oil naturally, why not in large oil spills? Hair mats and hair booms were created and...