Learning about Peak Oil

April 12, 2006 at 4:06 am (Peak Oil)

Here's a great "Peak Oil" lesson plan. It is intended for grades 7 to 10 but could easily be adapted for adults and for an adult seminar.

[BTW, it's worth visiting this lesson plan just to see the cartoon...!]

Lesson plan objectives:

1. Create awareness for finite petroleum resources and the
   surging demand for fossil fuels by developing nations.
2. Define “Peak Oil” and “cheap oil” and provide clear information
   about why there are such differences of opinion about how
   long petroleum resources will last.
3. Create awareness for economic and cultural effects of
   reduced availability for “cheap oil.
4. Create understanding of the need to reduce fossil fuel
   comsumption and to develop alternative, sustainable fuels.
5. Generate critical thinking about ways in which our dependence
   on petroleum makes us vulnerable as a nation and as
   individuals.