Big Idea: Emotions Topic 8 Events. Carly Seyferth

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1 Big Idea: Emotions Topic 8 Events Carly Seyferth

2 Environmental Disasters What are natural disasters? What are some examples of natural disasters? Oil spills, When do natural disasters occur? What can we do to prevent natural disasters?

3 An Oil Spill starkravingviking.blogspot.com What is an oil spill? It is when oil spreads into the ocean and damages several animals and their habitat How can it happen? Equipment can break down Oil tankers can start leaking from wear and tear Oil can be spilled because certain precautions are not being taken as well thepeoplesvoice.org

4 Alaskan Oil Spill alaska-in-pictures.com pinic starkravingviking.blogspot.com On March 24, 1989 in Prince William Sound Alaska, An oil tanker from Exxon Valdez spilled about 11 million gallons of oil IMAGINE 9 school gyms being filled up with oil It took them 4 summers to clean it up and less than 10 % of the oil was recovered

5 Valdez s Mistakes starkravingviking.blogspot.com The crew were overworked The oil company promised to but never installed state of the art ice berg monitoring systems Valdez failed to do their inspections The lack of equipment and personnel hampered the oil spill clean up

6 CHAIN OF RESULTS mc-edc.com What happens to the fisherman business if all the fish die from oil poisoning? Bad business They can t sell the fish Prince William Sound Alaska s economy depends a lot on fish and tourism, what happens when the fish are poisoned by the oil? The economy starts to struggle People are not visiting Prince William Sound Because the oil has ruined the tourist areas What happens to the ecosystem if the head of the food chain dies? The environmental ecosystem is thrown off and there are not as many predators to eat the prey

7 SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITY 1 CREATE A VISUAL POSTER As a group draw your chain of results that an oil spill can create What happens when the fish die? How does this effect the people? Ex 1 fish die, 2 fisher men suffer, 3 people who want fish to eat can t get the fish locally 4 prices go up etc etc What happens to the environment if the head of the food chain suffers? What happens to the people? The chain of results can be in a circle with arrows The chain can be a straight line The chain can be random drawings with labels

8 SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITY# 1 PART 2 DISCUSS AS A GROUP Discuss the following questions with your group Make sure each question is written down Make sure everyone s name is on the poster Write down your answers under each question If you were Valdez what would you do next time to avoid having an oil spill? What would you respond? What would you change and why? How does the oil spill effect the environment?

9 Government s Response Passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 Companies must have a plan to prevent oil spills that may occur Companies must have a detailed containment and clean up plan Companies will be fined $1,200 for every ton of oil that spills

10 Alaska s Response wwp.greenwichmeantime.com The citizens of Alaska now have an advisory council that holds annual drills for oil spills Next time an oil spill occurs fishing ships and personnel will be trained to jump in and help with the oil spill There are now wildlife rescue programs

11 BROWN PELICAN BEFORE OIL SPILL AFTER OIL SPILL 4.bp.blogspot.com starkravingviking.blogspot.com

12 SEA OTTER BEFORE THE OIL SPILL AFTER THE OIL SPILL izz.taduc.guidegoods.net starkravingviking.blogspot.com

13 SEA TURTLE BEFORE OIL SPILL AFTER OIL SPILL abcnews.go.com starkravingviking.blogspot.com

14 SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITY FOR FINAL ACTIVITY Pick at least two different animals that can be effected by an oil spill Create a drawing for each animal Find at least five scientific facts on these animals Figure out how the oil spill effected these animals

15 How Can You Help? What items do we use that have oil in them? Plastics, asphalt (stuff for roads) Cars Electricity What can you do to help lower the demand for oil Recycle Ride a bike instead of driving Use electricity wisely and turn off lights when you aren t using them

16 Michael Boroniec s Response to BP s Oil Spill 2010 I had to find a way to make this devastation more tangible for my community, as a way to express nature dying in the sea and on land and people loosing their livelihoods My artwork is a narrative, and this story is not fiction, people have lost their livelihoods, the ecosystem has been damaged badly

17 Michael Boroniec Continued His work has a journalistic approach He deals with controversial issues War Oil spills

18 Final Activity Create an marine animal that can be effected by oil spills, preferably the one of the animals from your 1 st supportive activity Know scientific facts about that animal Ex: life cycle, foods it eats, fun facts, etc. Understand how the oil spill effects this animal, the environment, and the economy Explain if you were an oil company what actions would you take to avoid creating an oil spill Explain how you as a citizen/resident would respond to the situation and how you would help