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Primary activity
Future fuel
First of all make sure you know where the oil spill is. Check out the first link in Find out more.
Now click on the second link in Find out more where actor Kevin Costner talks about how oil companies have a responsibility to clean up their mess.
What do you think about the Deepwater oil spill? In groups of three or four talk about how it makes you feel.
Experts say the world will run out of oil in your lifetime. Will that be a bad thing? In your groups talk about alternatives to oil. Do some more research on the internet.
Send your thoughts to Have your say or longer stories or podcasts to Be a reporter.
An oil covered bird is rescued from the waters of Barataria Bay, Louisiana
Picture: AP
Teachers' notes
Primary lesson objectives
- to investigate places
- to use secondary sources
- to use and interpret maps and plans
Primary curriculum links
Geography at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/6)
Unit 16: What's in the news?
Section 4: What is in the local, national or international news today? Where are these places? What is happening there? Why?
Glossary
Channelling running off some of the liquid in a planned direction
Gulf of Mexico the sea surrounding Louisiana, Florida and Mexico
Intact complete, not broken
Pressure readings taking note of how much pressure there is
Temporary not permanent, not forever
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