Classroom Materials and Activities

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Fact or Fiction: test your energy IQ

Fact or Fiction is divided into three levels for beginners, intermediate, and expert players. Pick your level and go! Your score is calculated when you complete all the questions in one of the levels.
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Oil and Natural Gas book with ready-to-go lesson plans and experiments

Demonstrate the dynamic processes of the discovery of oil and how it shapes our world with SPE’s fun, information-filled book on the history and uses of oil. This easy-to-read book is loaded with colorful photos, diagrams and graphics. Teachers receive a free book when an SPE member visits their classroom! Download free corresponding lesson plans and experiments that meet U.S. national standards.
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Energize your classroom with the Energy4me Kit

The Energy4me Kit offers teaching aids, speaker resources, sample presentations, classroom activities and hands-on experiments for getting your students excited about energy! Activities for every grade level and petroleum engineer career information are included. Download and print any of these materials for free, or purchase a boxed kit for $30 USD. Order Now»

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Smart Energy Choice Bookmarks

Bookmarks on using energy wisely; available as printed materials in English (orders of 100 bookmarks or fewer are free!) or they can be downloaded in PDF format in multiple languages.
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Petroleum Engineering Career Brochure

Share an exciting engineering career option with your students—including the top 10 reasons to become a petroleum engineer. Orders of 100 brochures or fewer are free (English). Available in multiple languages as PDF.
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The Cost of Car Ownership Brochure

Learn how to increase your car’s gas mileage with this handy pamphlet! Orders of 100 brochures or fewer are free. Available in English only.
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Classroom Activities

Elementary
Handouts Renewable Fuel Sources coloring page Nonrenewable Fuel Sources coloring page PetroPete coloring page (courtesy of the Oklahoma Energy Resource Board) Secret Message oil and natural gas activity	Experiments Bread Fossils Cupcake Core Sampling (offsite link) Let’s Drill for Oil and Gas Add mini-M&M’s to your cupcake core samples, and let students “drill for oil.”  (courtesy of the NEED project). Getting the Oil Out It’s a Gas natural gas balloon experiment Seeping Stones	Presentations Energy – Making Our Lives Easier (elementary) Download» \| View»
Intermediate
Handouts Renewable or Nonrenewable Renewable or Nonrenewable answer key Energy Internet Scavenger Hunt Energy Internet Scavenger Hunt answer key	Experiments Modeling an Oil Reserve	Presentations Energy – Making Our Lives Easier (elementary) Download» \| View» Petroleum Engineers Make a World of Difference (intermediate/secondary) Download» \| View»
Secondary
Handouts Great Energy Hunt Energy Sources of the World booklet for use with Great Energy Hunt What is Your Energy IQ? (API; off-site link) Top 10 Reasons to Become a Petroleum Engineer	Experiments Pressure Bottle	Presentations Energy – Making Our Lives Easier (elementary) Download» \| View» Petroleum Engineers Make a World of Difference (intermediate/secondary) Download» \| View» (educators/adults) Download» \| View»

Elementary