Extension Activities
- Oil Tycoon Game
- Files to print and assemble (color and black & white) to create a board game with which students can “explore” for oil and experience the cost, profits and losses of oil exploration.
- game cards (color) (b&w), game board (color) (b&w), Gamerules for oil game, Oil Tycoon Game-Teacher Notes
- Comparing the Rates of Oil Percolation
- Teacher demonstration, or group activity that examines the time it takes for oil to move through different materials.
- Is the World Running Out of Oil?
- Group or single student handout that uses mathematic calculations to discover how much oil has been used and how much remains in the Earth’s reserves. Can be used for students who finish lab early. Includes answer key.
- What’s Made From Crude Oil?
- Whole class activity to be used as an introduction or a wrap up activity. Requires students to identify common items made from oil.
- Core Sample Cake Activity
- Fun and tasty whole class activity demonstrating how geologists can “see” underground through the use of core samples.
[youtube 3HLxmYUGEHw]This video show you how to prepare the cake.
[youtube F3Ze88L7kOI] This video shows you how use the cake in the activity.