Risks and Benefits of Oil Drilling for American Oil

Step 1:Using the link below, you and your partner will watch the video titled, "Dirty Jobs: Drilling for Oil."  Be sure to take notes if you see or hear any information that might be important.

Step 2: Using the link below, you and your partner will go on a scientific adventure with Ranger Rick.  Together, you will read through a series of questions and answers regarding a recent oil spill that took place near the Gulf of Mexico.   

Step 3: Using the link below, you will now go on an adventure with a young girl named Stacey.  Stacey's father works on an oil rig, and together, you will get to see how the process of drilling for oil works. Also, you will gain a greater understanding of the perspective of those who actually drill for oil.  Once again, you will be visiting the Gulf of Mexico.   

Step 4: Using the photo gallery tab that is on the side of this page, you and your partner will journey through an oil drilling photo gallery.  This photo gallery, with both old and new pictures, will help to improve your historical knowledge of oil drilling.   

Step 5: Now that you have gained a significant amount of information about oil drilling, you are ready to decide if you will be for or against the proposed oil drilling plan.

Step 6: Once you have decided your point of view, you are ready to create your PowerPoint Presentation.  Using the rubric listed under "Teacher Evaluation," you and your partner will create your presentation.

Your PowerPoint Presentation needs to include the following:

• A clear position either for or against the oil drilling project.
• 4 problems associated with your position.
• 4 solutions to those problems.
• 4 oil-drilling facts from the materials that were provided.
• Graphic or Image on each slide.