impacts of gulf of mexico spill
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A lesson which maps out the area damaged in relation to Europe, explores how the oil slick was contained and determines who was to blameTRANSCRIPT
How can this help
reduce the impact of
the Gulf Of Mexico Oil
spill?
SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8672124.stm
Learning ObjectiveUnderstand how the impacts of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil leak were reduced
Determine who is to blame for this disaster
Activity one- How far did the oil spread?
Oranges- using the Europe base map- draw out a 2,000 square mile area of oil----------------------------------------------------------------
Yellows- using the BBC map of the spill, calculate the area covered on the 1st May 2010. Draw this over your Europe Map
ORANGES
2,000 square miles worth of
oil slick!
2,000 square miles worth of
oil slick!
How can you stop
the spread?
SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8651333.stm
What did BP do?SOURCE: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10317116
“It’s not our fault”
Tony HaywardBP CEO
SOURCE: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/rowenamason/100006019/bp-oil-spill-tony-hayward-faces-the-city/
Just some of the products that are made from oil
SOURCE: http://www.penrithact.org.uk/resources/about-peak-oil
BP: Gulf of Mexico oil spill 'shared responsibility‘
27th Feb 2013“While BP was extracting the oil from underneath the Gulf of Mexico when the Macondo well exploded, the Deepwater Horizon rig itself was owned by Transocean. Cement used to seal the well was provided by Halliburton.”
Learning ObjectiveUnderstand how the impacts of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil leak were reduced
Determine who is to blame for this disaster
What headline could you give here?