Gulf+Oil+Spill

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Read the following articles:

@http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,2007202,00.html
 * //Time// Magazine**

//**Scholastic Kids**// @http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3754187&print=2


 * Essential Questions:**

1. How can an oil spill impact people, animals, and environments hundreds of miles away?

2. What is an ecosystem?


 * Unit Questions:**

1. How can an oil spill impact an ecosystem?

2. How does this article improve your understanding of environmental disasters?

3. How will offshore drilling further impact the environment?


 * Content Questions:**

1. What events led up to the BP oil spill?

2. How could this disaster have been prevented?

//Photos from the BP Oil Spill//
What do you think about as you view these photos?
















 * History's Worst Oil Spills**

@http://www.history.com/topics/oil-spills


 * Interactive Map (Oil Spills)**

@http://www.history.com/topics/oil-spills/interactives/historys-worst-oil-spills


 * History Channel Video (damage from oil spills to ecosystems)**

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