Links to Oil Materials

On this Website
On the Main EIA Website(for grownups)
On Other Sites

On this website:

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activities:
   Drilling a Well Today (pdf)- activity grades 9-12
   The Tale of Fern Fossil (pdf)- activity grades K-3
   Underwater Oil Recovery (pdf)- activity grades 6-9
   Careers on an Offshore Oil Rig (pdf)
   Oil Market Basics - teacher's guide(pdf), webquest quiz(pdf) and answer key(pdf) grades 9-12
   Petroleum Scavenger Hunt (pdf)- activity grades 6-9
biographies:
   Rudolf Diesel
   Edwin Drake
   Henry Ford
   Nicolaus Otto
energy field trips:
   Carson Refinery- BP
   offshore platform
   onshore drilling rig
games:
   energy slang
puzzles:
   crossword puzzle- oil
   word search puzzle (pdf)- petroleum
related pages:
   Offshore Energy
   Propane
   Refinery
statistics:
   recent petroleum statistics
timelines:
   petroleum

On the main EIA website (for grownups):

information sheets & brochures - by topic:
     Crude Oil/Petroleum Prices
     Crude Oil Production
     Diesel Fuel Prices
     Greenhouse Gases, Climate Change, and Energy
     Petroleum Reserves
     Petroleum Products
     Petroleum Products Consumption
     Primer on Gasoline Prices
     Propane
     Propane Prices
     Residential Heating Oil Prices
     Where Does My Gasoline Come From?
statistics:
   petroleum
summary materials:
     Oil Market Basics - a detailed primer
     Petroleum Chronology of Events 1970-2000
     Petroleum State Profiles

On other sites :

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National Energy Education Development(NEED) Project - materials for primary, elementary, intermediate, and secondary levels
Energy Story- Fossil Fuels on the California Energy Commission website.
From the Ground Up- the World of Oil - on the Paleontological Research Institution website
Get Energized - learn about U.S. energy consumption and oil and gas development in Alaska on this U.S. Bureau of Land Management website
Looking Down an Oil Well - on the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy website
Visit an Offshore Oil Rig - on the Minerals Management Service, US Department of the Interior Kids' Page
Petroleum Refining Industry Profile- on the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website
Learn about the history of the oil business - on the East Texas Oil Museum website