Oil
Oil (Petroleum)
Background information and initial pro/cons:
1. Go to the article ”Petroleum” from the U*X*L Encyclopedia of Science accessed on Gale Student Resources In Context on the CY Library homepage (password: oslis)
2. Search for oil on World Book Online on the CY Library homepage and select the petroleum article: http://www.worldbookonline.com/advanced/article?id=ar425600&st=oil
This article is long; use the Table of Contents to access the parts of the article that you need.
3. Watch this video about petroleum from Learn360:
Alaska’s Black Gold: http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID=478715
Viewpoint Articles/Video
An article from Oil (2010), accessed on Opposing Viewpoints on the CY Library homepage:
A Century of Oil Has Taken a Heavy Toll on the Environment (password: oslis)
A pro-type article is needed
A video is needed