NEED Infobook and OOGEEP Workbook in Science Classrooms
From OOGEEP
Submitted by Lori Shewman, Troy City
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[edit] Benchmarks, Standards, Content or Concepts
Nature of Energy: Explain that the energy found in nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels (e.g., coal,oil, and natural gas) originally came from the sun and may renew slowly over millions of years. Describe how electric energy can be produced from a variety of sources (e.g., sun, wind, coal). Describe how renewable and nonrenewable energy resources can be managed (e.g., fossil fuels, trees, water).
[edit] Essential Question
What is the nature of petroleum and related products?
[edit] Ways to incorporate different teaching methods
- Lecture
I will share photos and experiences of my trip to Marietta to the OOGEEP workshop. I will discuss Ohio’s role in the petroleum history, especially in the discovery of petroleum.
- Reading
I will use the National Energy Education Development Program (NEED) Infobook for intermediate grades, pages 16 – 21 covering natural gas, petroleum and propane to give students background knowledge. http://www.need.org/needpdf/Intermediate%20Energy%20Infobook.pdf I will also use the National Energy Foundation’s The Energist newspapers for Oil and Natural Gas. Students will be divided into groups for jigsaw presentations. Members in each individual group will be assigned a different article from the newspapers. They will work with others from the different groups chosen for the same article to read together and check for understanding. Once they are comfortable with their article they will return to their group to share the information, each individual student being an expert on their article.
- Audio-visual
I will use the video clip from the DVD series that came with our textbook on coal and oil production.
- Demonstration
I will use starburst candies to model the layering of sediments and the changes over time with the application of heat and pressure. Stack different color starburst candies one on top of another. Discuss with students that this represents the build-up of sediments over time. Apply pressure with the palm of hand and discus how this represents pressure and heat. Show resultant candy to class and note the changes that occur. Make analogies with changes in candies and change that occurred with marine sediments to make petroleum products.
- Discussion
The following question will be posed to the class, “Should we reduce our dependence on petroleum products?” Students will be given guided opportunities to discover everyday items used from petroleum, their alternatives, and will also student other sources of energy.
- Practice by Doing
Students will view the roadmap of natural gas and oil available on the OOGEEP website (www.oogeep.org). Students will complete the activities that are included in the Oil & Gas Energy Education Science Teacher Workshop: Roadmap of Natural Gas and Oil.
- Teach Others/Immediate Use of Learning
Students will create a pamphlet for their parents and other significant adults explaining the what they have learned about petroleum.[edit] Use of 21st Century Skills
Students will be able to use the SmartBoard for any group presentation. Powerpoint presentations will be required. Students will have access to computers for conducting research.
[edit] Graphic Organizers
Students will create a flowchart on the production of electricity starting with the sun and ending with turning on a lamp to complete homework. They must have their power station use oil, natural gas or coal. Students will keep vocabulary journals on terms we discover as we go through the unit. They can also be added to our word wall.
[edit] Field Trips or Speakers
Contact Husky in Lima to see if they can send a representative to speak with the students on petroleum refinement.
[edit] Performance task the reflects on the essential question
Students will create a game that centers on oil creation, exploration or usage.