EarthEcho International
Service Learning Stage 4: Reflection
This video highlights the importance of reflection in service learning. Through the example of a Gulf oil spill, the speaker emphasizes the role of photos, journal entries, discussions, and other forms of reflection in deepening and...
EarthEcho International
Service Learning Stage 5: Demonstration
This video discusses the importance of students publicly communicating their learning experiences through various forms of demonstration, such as letters to parents, articles in community newspapers, or performances. It emphasizes the...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Gulf Oil Spill: Engineering Approaches
As the oil continued to spew from the leak in the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the public weighed in with their ideas on possible solutions for stopping the flow. These ideas and the challenges of plugging the leak...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Gulf Oil Spill: Ecological Effects
A discussion of the widespread impact the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was expected to have on local ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. Aired May 7, 2010 [12:27]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Oil Spill Update
What do researchers want to know about the Gulf oil spill, but haven't been able to learn?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Oil Spill Update: Cleanup and Long Term Effects
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?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Science in the Gulf
Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Undersea Oil Eating Bacteria
We'll hear about research into undersea bacteria in the Gulf, and their oil-eating capabilities.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Should Obama Be Comforter in Chief in Oil Crisis?
In the first part of this program, columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss how President Obama is handling the Gulf of Mexico oil spill crisis. Should he be showing more emotion, so that Americans know he cares about the...