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Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about the impacts of the oil spill, the injury and recovery of fish, wildlife and people of the spill region, and information about ongoing restoration and research activities. Has a great link to other...
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Website
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ocean Oil: Deepwater Horizon Disaster

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that happened on April 20, 2010. It was caused by an offshore explosion on an oil platform fifty miles southeast of the Mississippi River delta.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ocean Oil: Offshore Petroleum

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles on offshore oil. Some of the topics covered include the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil exploration and oil reserves, oil drilling, and the history of oil and gas.
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Activity
Other

Australian Maritime Safety Authority:experiment Demonstrating Oil Bioremediation

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment to investigate how bacteria causes oil to degrade over time, a process that helps the ocean slowly recover from an oil spill.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Web Links

For Students 9th - 10th
Helpful links for research on the Anthropocene Era.