Petroleum and petroleum-based products have played an impressive role as energy for the 20th century. Learn about its uses, benefits, increased consumption, effects on our environment, and the many new replacement technologies.

Click on each room of your home and see lists of common petroleum-based products, then make a list of the ones you use.

This colourful 12-page booklet shows how petroleum products pervade all aspects of our lives. Some activities are included.

Chapter 6 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at liquified petroleum gas, or LPG, which is the name given to hydrocarbon-based gases generated from crude oil or natural gas. The history of LPG is described, its uses,...

A career in Petroleum Engineering is profiled.Included: Petroleum Engineer overview, Preparation, Day In The Life, Earnings, Employment, Career Path Forecast, Professional Organizations.

The U.S. Department of Labor provides much information on the career of a petroleum engineer. Includes nature of the work, earnings, employment, outlook, and more.

What materials are made from petroleum? The object of Petroleum Ponder is for each team to correctly identify as many items as possible that are made from petroleum in their Petroleum Ponder box. In a relay fashion, each team member will...

Contains interviews with two different petroleum engineers, covering topics such as job satisfaction and advice to new graduates.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics offers a complete description of the petroleum engineering career field, including nature of work, outlook, and earnings.

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.

The lesson plans in this resource were developed by local classroom teachers, are interdisciplinary and feature fill in the blank and role-playing exercises, activities, timelines, charts and questions. The intent is to help teachers...

An overview of the Petroleum Engineering career, covering nature of the work, employment statistics, job outlook, and earnings.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of oil's creation, usage, and effects.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of oil's creation, usage, and effects.

Learners investigate petroleum and petrochemical technologies in the 20th century. Some topics examined are the environment, oil, and refining byproducts. The resource consists of historical information, a timeline, and a personal essay...

Chapter 4 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at crude oil as an energy source, its history, and its many uses and products. The economic impact of the petroleum industry in Texas is described, the scale and scope of...

In this teaching unit for Grades 4 and 5, students learn about Canada's petroleum resources, the impact on the environment from our use of them, and how the geography Of Canada affects things like population distribution and regional...

In this teaching unit for Grades 4 to 6, stuidents learn all about the drilling rigs and pump jacks that are used in the petroleum industry.

This PowerPoint illustrates the importance and history of petroleum and it uses as well as the careers that are associated with it.

In this activity, students think about how various real-world careers relate to personal interests and Earth's systems- the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.

This is a Fossil Energy Study Guide all about oil including where it is found, a map of the top oil states, the uses for petroleum, drilling for oil, and much more.

Students will learn that heat is needed to separate crude oil/petroleum into useable substances to make the products we use every day.

Provides maps and surveys of the minerals that can be found in British Columbia up to 2017.

A short history of petroleum oil from 3000 B.C. to the present.