Lesson Bank
Basic Properties Of Oil
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
Oil is an important compound with unique characteristics that make it both useful to humans and dangerous.
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- Students will understand that petroleum is different from vegetable ...
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Bouncing Polymers
Bouncing Polymers by Katie Gavenus, Bouncing-Polymers.pdf (0.5 MB) - Lesson Overview
Objectives
- 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, Build-an-Oil-Tanker.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
It is challenging to safely construct, operate, and navigate an oil tanker.
Objectives
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, 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
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, Community-Meeting.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Many important parts of ecosystems, economies, and communities could be changed by an oil spill.
Objectives
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, Critter-Clean-Up.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
It is difficult and expensive to clean oiled animals.
Objectives
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, Decomposer-Tag.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview
Producers, consumers, and decomposers all play important roles in ecosystems.
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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, 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
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, Environmental-Change-Makers.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
We can all be stewards of the environment and ecosystems that support us.
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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, 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
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, Habitat-Model.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview
All living organisms need habitat to survive.
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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, Home-and-School-Energy-Audit.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
There are many opportunities to conserve energy at home and school.
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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, How-Big-is-a-Tanker.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview
We need creative solutions to the challenge of safely transporting oil around the world.
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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, 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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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, Human-Ecosystem-Calendar.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Generations of humans living along the coast are dependent upon healthy ecosystems.
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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, 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
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, 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
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, Invent-an-Invertebrate.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Animals and plants have unique adaptations to survive in the intertidal zone.
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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, 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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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, 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
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, Meet-a-Tree.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
It is important to use all of your senses when observing the natural world.
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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, Microhike.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
You can find living things of all sizes if you look closely.
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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, 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.
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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, Model-Oil-Pipeline.pdf (0.3 MB) - Overview
It is challenging to construct a pipeline to safely transport oil over rugged terrain.
Objectives
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, Oh-Moose-Survival-Game.pdf (0.6 MB) - Overview
Animals need food, water, and shelter to survive.
Objectives
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, Oil-Distillation.pdf (0.5 MB) - Lesson Overview
Crude oil is composed of many fractions that can be used for different purposes.
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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, 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
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, Oil-Viscosity-Races.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Viscosity is an important characteristic of petroleum products that determines their uses.
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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
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.
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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, Oily-Experiments.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Oil has unique characteristics that make it both useful for people and dangerous to ecosystems.
Objectives
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, 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
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, 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
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, 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
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, Sense-Test.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
All five human senses are important in observing nature.
Objectives
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, 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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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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- Students ...
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Sheen-Oil-Mousse: 3 Fractions Of Spilled Oil
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
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, Solo-Observation-Spot.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
We can learn a lot about our local ecosystems by observing one spot over time.
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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, Sound-Mapping.pdf (0.4 MB) - Lesson Overview
Paying attention to sounds can help us understand how ecosystems function.
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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, Sprouting.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Energy from the sun is stored in plants.
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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, Stake-a-Habitat.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Animals need food, water, and shelter to survive.
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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, Sun-Tea.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
The sun is a very important source of energy.
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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, Web-of-Life.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
All parts of an ecosystem are connected and interdependent.
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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, Wildlife-Field-Guide.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
A variety of animals rely on healthy habitats.
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A variety of animals rely on healthy habitats.
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- 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, Wildlife-Rescue.pdf (0.3 MB) - Lesson Overview
Oil spills can have a wide variety of effects on wildlife.
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Oil spills can have a wide variety of effects on wildlife.
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- Students will identify major habitats of south coastal Alaska and their inhabitants.
- Students will identify wildlife ...
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