Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oil Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a mock oil search game and attempt to find "oil" in a model oil field. They drill initially based on random guessing, but each time they drill they use prior knowledge to determine where to drill next. They must...
Lesson Plan
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Direct Hydrocarbon Indicators

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lecture and accompanying exercises allow students to define a DHI and how to identify them, describe how seismic data are used to determine reservoir rock and fluid properties, and list the processing and modeling steps used...