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Natural Gas and Pennsylvania’s Future Lesson PlanNatural Gas and Pennsylvania’s Future Lesson Plan
Publisher
Carnegie Mellon University
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Duration
1 hr
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Direct Instruction
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Year
2013
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Natural Gas and Pennsylvania’s Future

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Beginning with a general discussion about natural gas, methane, and hydrocarbons, a few videos and diagrams are projected to support the lecture. Individuals participate in a brief activity by drinking juice through a straw, and then again while a piece of sponge is placed in the cup. This is meant to demonstrate how difficult it is to extract natural gas from shale.

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Concepts

hydrocarbons, natural gas, natural resources, pennsylvania

Additional Tags

natural gas, hydrocarbon, fracking, pennsylvania, natural resource, hydraulic fracturing, science

Pros

  • Thorough background information and links to related resources prepare you for the lecture and discussion

Cons

  • Some of the links to videos are no longer valid, so you will need to find other resources to replace those pieces of the lesson
  • Meeting life science standards as stated by the publisher is a stretch

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