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Easily demonstrate the dynamic processes of the discovery of oil and how it shapes our world with free lesson plans that correspond with the Oil and Natural Gas book.
All lesson plans (English shown below) are aligned to US National Science Education Standards and use the 5E Instructional Model. Books and lesson plans* also available in:
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Primary Lesson Plans
Introduction: Use this ready-to-go PowerPoint presentation to give your class an overview before this series of lessons.
Lesson 1: Fish, Fossils and Fuel: Where does oil come from?
Lesson 2: It’s a Gas: What is natural gas?
Lesson 3: Seeping Stones: What are oil traps?
Lesson 4: Give It a Lift: How do we get the oil out?
Lesson 5 : Tower of Power: What materials come from oil?
Intermediate Lesson Plans
Introduction: Use this ready-to-go PowerPoint presentation to give your class an overview before this series of lessons.
Lesson 1: Formation of Oil
Lesson 2: Reservoirs and Production
Lesson 3: Pump It Up – Getting the Oil Out
Lesson 4: Products from Petroleum – Polymers and Materials from Oil
Lesson 5: Name that Tune – How Oil is Found
Secondary Lesson Plans
Lesson 1: The Petroleum Value Chain
Lesson 2: The History of Oil
Lesson 3: Oil and the Environment
