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APT Educational Media Services

Education Sponsors

APTPLUS
  • Alpha Foundation
  • Daniel Foundation of Alabama
  • Hugh Kaul Foundation
  • Monte L. Moorer Foundation
  • Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust
e-Learning for Educators/ APT Learn Online
  • Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
  • U.S. Department of Education
STEM Education Initiative
  • Ann & Alfred F. Delchamps, Jr. Charitable Fund
  • BBVA Compass Bank
  • Beverly and Gary Cooper Charitable Fund
  • Community Foundation of South Alabama
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
General Educational Support
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
  • Books-A-Million
  • Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
  • Publix
  • Wells Fargo
PBS Kids Programs
  • Alabama Power
  • Books-A-Million
  • Children's of Alabama
  • Publix
  • US Space & Rocket Center
American Graduate
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Southern Education Desk
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting

APTPLUS Resources for the Gulf Oil Spill

Recommended for Third Grade to Teacher

(Check back often for updated information of this ongoing situation.)

APT Oil Spill Webpage

FOR THE RECORD - Gulf Oil Spill
June 17, 2010 at 7:00PM

ANIMATIONS
Oil Spill Trajectory Animation
How an Oil Rig Works
USA Today Interactive 
New York Times-Tracking the Oil Spill in the Gulf
Learm360 - Search for: Fossil Fuel Formation (Animated Video)


VIDEO RESOURCES
ALABAMA
Learn 360 - Search for:
Encyclopedia Brittanica  - Alabama
Alabama (Grades 3-8) (Segments: Part 2: The Seafood Industry, Part 3: Marine Research, Part 4: A Heron Sanctuary)

ALASKA
Learn 360 - Search for:
Encyclopedia Brittanica  - Alaska
Alaska - Exxon Valdez and Alaskan Coastline
What was the worst damage to a coastline ever recorded?
Alaska: Valdez and Conclusion (3-8)
Non-Renewable Fossil Fuels (9-12)
Pollution: Water Pollution (6-8)

ALTERNATIVE FUELS
Learn 360 - Search for:
Death Knell for Oil
Wet Cells, Dry Cells, Fuel Cells (How the Various Electrochemical Cells Work) (Grades 9-12)
Alternative Fuel Resources
Recycle: Biodiesel Fuel (K-12)

ECOSYSTEM
Learn360 - Search for:
Grasslands, Rainforests and Oceans (Grades 3-5)

ESTUARIES
Learn360 - Search for:
Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plains (Grades 6-12)
The Endless Voyage-Living Together (Grades 9-12)
Natural and Manmade Pollutants in Marine Environments (Grades 9-12)

EXXON VALDEZ
Learn360 - Search for:
Sea Otter Biologist: Brenda Ballachey (Grades 3-8)
Pollution: Water Pollution (Grades 6-8)

GULF of MEXICO
Learn 360 - Search for:
Lower Mississippi River Valley: Geography, Geology, and Ecology
North American GeoQuest: Mississippi River Region (Grades 3-8)
Rivers of North America: Upper Mississippi River
What is the largest gulf in the world? (Grades 3-5)
Southeast Region Geography and Inhabitants (Grades 6-8)

LOUISIANA
Learn 360 - Search for:
Encyclopedia Brittanica  - Louisiana
North American GeoQuest (Grades 3-8)

OCEAN
Learn360 - Search for:
The Nature Connection: Tide Pools (Grades 3-5)
Pattern of Ocean Currents (Grades 9-12)
Food Chains in the Ocean (Grades 3-8)
Earth Revealed Classroom Adaptation-Waves, Beaches and Coasts (Grades 9-12)
The Endless Voyage-Dirty Water (Grades 9-12)

OIL & PETROLEUM
Learn 360 - Search for:
Modern Marvels - Oil (Grades 6-12)
Modern Marvels - Gasoline (Grades 6 - 12)
Modern Marvels - Commercial and Industrial Products from the Ocean - The Endless Voyage-

Treasure Trove (Grades 9-12)
Oil Fire Fighting (Grades 6-8)
What Was the Worst Oil Spill in the History of the Planet? (Grades 3-8)
The Effects of Oil Pollution on the World's Oceans (Grades 9-12)
Nonrenewable Energy Resources (Grades 9-12)
Petroleum and Oil Refining (9-12)

SEAFOOD
Learn360 - Search for:
Alabama: The Seafood Industry (Grades 3-8)

SEA BIRDS
Learn360 - Search for:
Sea Birds (Grades K-5)

SEA TURTLES
Learn360 - Search for:
Sea Turtles (Grades 3-12)

INDEPENDENT VIDEOS
Alabama's White Sandy Beaches
Graphic: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Oil Spill Disaster - Alabama Coastal Birds Are at Risk


 

APT Educational Media Services

Education Sponsors

APTPLUS
  • Alpha Foundation
  • Daniel Foundation of Alabama
  • Hugh Kaul Foundation
  • Monte L. Moorer Foundation
  • Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust
e-Learning for Educators/ APT Learn Online
  • Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
  • U.S. Department of Education
STEM Education Initiative
  • Ann & Alfred F. Delchamps, Jr. Charitable Fund
  • BBVA Compass Bank
  • Beverly and Gary Cooper Charitable Fund
  • Community Foundation of South Alabama
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
General Educational Support
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama
  • Books-A-Million
  • Honda Manufacturing of Alabama
  • Publix
  • Wells Fargo
PBS Kids Programs
  • Alabama Power
  • Books-A-Million
  • Children's of Alabama
  • Publix
  • US Space & Rocket Center
American Graduate
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Southern Education Desk
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting