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Basic Properties Of Oil, Basic-Properties-of-Oil.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Oil is an important compound with unique characteristics that make it both useful to humans and dangerous.

Objectives

• Students will understand that petroleum is different from vegetable ...
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Bouncing Polymers by Katie Gavenus, Bouncing-Polymers.pdf (0.5 MB) - Lesson Overview

• It is challenging to safely construct, operate, and navigate an oil tanker.

Objectives

• Students will build an oil tanker using design requirements.


• Students will test their ...
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Build An Oil Tanker, Build-an-Oil-Tanker.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

It is challenging to safely construct, operate, and navigate an oil tanker.

Objectives

• Students will build an oil tanker using design requirements.


• Students will test their ...
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Clean Harbor Tour, Clean-Harbor-Tour.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Preventing and cleaning up small amounts of pollution can make a difference for animals, people, and ecosystems.

Objectives

• Students will identify and analyze non-point sources of pollution in a ...
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Community Meeting, Community-Meeting.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Many important parts of ecosystems, economies, and communities could be changed by an oil spill.

Objectives

• Students will analyze and formulate opinions about the relative importance of protecting ...
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Critter Clean Up, Critter-Clean-Up.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

It is difficult and expensive to clean oiled animals.

Objectives

• Students will identify ways oil spill can adversely affect animals.


• Students will experiment with way to clean ...
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Decomposer Tag, Decomposer-Tag.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview

Producers, consumers, and decomposers all play important roles in ecosystems.

Objectives

• Students will be able to describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers.


• Students will understand the importance of ...
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Energy Science Fair, Energy-Science-Fair.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

There are many innovations yet to be developed in the fields of energy and conservation.

Objectives

• Students will follow the scientific process.


• Students will develop a unique ...
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Environmental Change Makers, Environmental-Change-Makers.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

We can all be stewards of the environment and ecosystems that support us.

Objectives

• Students will identify and analyze an environmental problem.


• Students will create a plan to ...
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Future Home Design, Future-Home-Design.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview

There are many innovative ways to design a building that needs less  energy, generates less waste, and supports a healthy way of life.

Objectives

• Students will identify ways to ...
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Habitat Model, Habitat-Model.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview

All living organisms need habitat to survive.

Objectives

• Students will know that a habitat is a natural home.


• Students will construct a habitat model for an animal.


• Students will be ...
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Home And School Energy Audit, Home-and-School-Energy-Audit.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

There are many opportunities to conserve energy at home and school.

Objectives

• Students will understand how daily routines can use significant amounts of energy and ...
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How Big Is A Tanker, How-Big-is-a-Tanker.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview

We need creative solutions to the challenge of safely transporting oil around the world.

Objectives

• Students will form an opinion about double-hull tanker requirements.


• Students will ...
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Human Significance Of The 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Human-Significance-of-the-1989-Exxon-Valdez-Oil-Spill.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

A variety of different people are involved in oil spill response, clean up, and recovery of human and natural communities. People involved in and ...
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Human-Ecosystem Calendar, Human-Ecosystem-Calendar.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Generations of humans living along the coast are dependent upon healthy ecosystems.

Objectives  

• Students will identify their personal use of local habitats, ecosystems, and natural resources.


• Students will ...
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Incident Command Scenario, Incident-Command-Scenario.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

The varied participants and constantly changing conditions make it incredibly challenging to clean up and contain an oil spill.

Objectives

• Students will work cooperatively in strike teams ...
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Intertidal Exploration, Intertidal-Exploration.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Although life in the intertidal zone is challenging, a diverse range of invertebrates and algae have adapted to live there.

Objectives

• Students will identify invertebrates found in intertidal zone.

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Invent An Invertebrate, Invent-an-Invertebrate.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Animals and plants have unique adaptations to survive in the intertidal zone.

Objectives

• Students will understand the challenges of surviving in the intertidal zone.


• Students will create ...
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Local Plant Studies, Local-Plant-Studies.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

It is important to use all of your senses when observing the natural world. Observing plant structures can help us to understand how plants function and survive in a habitat.
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Marine Debris Clean Up, Marine-Debris-Clean-Up.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Preventing and cleaning up marine debris is critical to the health of coastal and marine ecosystems.

Objectives

• Students will gather, identify, and analyze marine debris in ...
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Meet A Tree, Meet-a-Tree.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

It is important to use all of your senses when observing the natural world.

Objectives  

• Students will use senses other than sight to observe and recognize a ...
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Microhike, Microhike.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

You can find living things of all sizes if you look closely.

Objectives

• Students will build a miniature nature trail to highlight interesting living organisms.


• Students will understand that ...
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Mock Senate, Mock-Senate.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Important legislation surrounding oil spill prevention and restoration and energy development and conservation must go through a rigorous process.

Objectives

• Students will understand the legislative process.


• Students will ...
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Model Oil Pipeline, Model-Oil-Pipeline.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview

It is challenging to construct a pipeline to safely transport oil over rugged terrain.

Objectives

• Students will construct a working model of an oil pipeline.


• Students will cooperate ...
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Oh Moose Survival Game, Oh-Moose-Survival-Game.pdf (0.6 MB) - Overview

Animals need food, water, and shelter to survive.

Objectives

• Students will be able to name three habitat necessities for animal survival: food, water, and shelter.


• Students will understand ...
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Oil Distillation, Oil-Distillation.pdf (0.5 MB) - Lesson Overview

Crude oil is composed of many fractions that can be used for different purposes.

Objectives

• Students will understand that crude oil is made up of various components


• Students ...
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Oil Spill In A Pan, Oil-Spill-in-a-Pan.pdf (0.4 MB) - Lesson Overview

It is difficult and expensive to contain and clean up an oil spill.

Objectives

• Students will experiment with way to contain and clean an oil spill.

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Oil Viscosity Races, Oil-Viscosity-Races.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Viscosity is an important characteristic of petroleum products that determines their uses.

Objectives

• Students will measure the relative viscosity of different petroleum products and plant-based oils.


• Students ...
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Oil's Wandering Paths: ROV Lesson Plan, Oils-Wandering-Paths.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

It is challenging to clean up oil once it has been spilled.

Objectives

• Students will work cooperatively to design and build an ROV (remotely ...
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Oily Experiments, Oily-Experiments.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Oil has unique characteristics that make it both useful for people and dangerous to ecosystems.

Objectives

• Students will examine the basic characteristics of oil.


• Students will identify how ...
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Popcorn Model Oil Spill, Popcorn-Model-Oil-Spill.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson overview

Winds and currents spread oil from a spill very quickly, making it difficult to contain and clean up.

Objectives

• Students will estimate the environmental impact of ...
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Preparation & Prevention-ROV Monitoring Challenge, Preparation-Prevention-ROV-Monitoring-Challenge.pdf (0.4 MB) - Lesson Overview

ROVs with video capability can be used to monitor the environment and perform inspections to prevent oil spills.

Objectives

• Students will learn ways that ROVs ...
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Priorities For Protection, Priorities-for-Protection.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Many important parts of ecosystems, economies, and communities could be changed by an oil spill.

Objectives

• Students will understand maps used in oil spill response.


• Students will ...
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Sense Test, Sense-Test.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

All five human senses are important in observing nature.

Objectives

• Students will use senses other than sight to observe natural objects.


• Students will become familiar with differences and ...
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Settling Tube, Settling-Tube.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Oil is a non-renewable resource that comes from plankton (and other plants and animals) that have been transformed over millions of years of heat and pressure.

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Sheen-Oil-Mousse: 3 Fractions Of Spilled Oil, Sheen-Oil-Mousse-3-Fractions-of-Spilled-Oil.pdf (0.4 MB) - Lesson Overview

Oil undergoes changes in marine ecosystems.

Objectives

• Students will examine the basic characteristics of oil.


• Students will identify the three fractions of spilled oil.

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Solo Observation Spot, Solo-Observation-Spot.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

We can learn a lot about our local ecosystems by observing one spot over time.

Objectives

• Students will use many senses observe a specific location


• Students will ...
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Sound Mapping, Sound-Mapping.pdf (0.4 MB) - Lesson Overview

Paying attention to sounds can help us understand how ecosystems function.

Objectives

• Students will listen for five minutes in a semi-isolated space


• Students will observe sounds and record ...
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Sprouting, Sprouting.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Energy from the sun is stored in plants.

Objectives

• Students will understand that energy from sun causes plants to grow.


• Students will practice good observation techniques and collect data.

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Stake A Habitat, Stake-a-Habitat.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Animals need food, water, and shelter to survive.

Objectives

• Students will be able to name three habitat necessities for animal survival: food, water, and shelter.


• Students will ...
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Sun Tea, Sun-Tea.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

The sun is a very important source of energy.

Objectives

• Students will understand the importance of the sun as an energy source.


• Students will practice good observation techniques ...
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Web Of Life, Web-of-Life.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

All parts of an ecosystem are connected and interdependent.

Objectives

• Students will understand that living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components of ecosystems are connected.


• Students will be ...
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Wildlife Field Guide, Wildlife-Field-Guide.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

A variety of animals rely on healthy habitats.

Objectives

• Students will identify several species of animals in Southcentral Alaska or their local region.


• Students will recognize the ...
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Wildlife Rescue, Wildlife-Rescue.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview

Oil spills can have a wide variety of effects on wildlife.

Objectives

• Students will identify major habitats of south coastal Alaska and their inhabitants.


• Students will identify wildlife ...
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