Unit Plan Template

Unit Author

First and Last Name

Bryanna West, Ragina Simmons, Raynea Payne

Authors E-mail Address

bwest9@lsu.edu, rsimm18@lsu.edu,
rayneapayne@yahoo.com

Unit Overview
Unit Plan Title

The Oil & Gas Industry

Curriculum-Framing Questions

Goals

Educate students about how oil is extracted from the Earth,

priced for consumers, and transformed into gasoline
products

Unit Summary

Students will learn more about the oil and gas industry from a scientific and mathematical
standpoint. Students will also understand practical applications for oil and gas products.
Subject Area(s)
Science, Math, Economics
Grade Level [Click box(es) of all grade level(s) that your Unit targets]

K-2
6-8
ESL
Gifted and Talented

3-5
9-12
Resource
Other:

Targeted State Frameworks/Content Standards/Benchmarks

Identify problems, factors, and questions that must be considered in a scientific investigation
Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Become more aware of how oil is transformed to usable products

Be able to use Algebra to calculate oil barrel prices

Utilize different online resources to market products such as oil

Procedures

Lesson 1 Oil and Gas Overview Bryanna West

Lesson 2 Oil Prices Ragina Simmons
Lesson 3 Oil Marketing Raynea Payne
Approximate Time Needed

3 50 minute class periods

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Prerequisite Skills

Students need to have knowledge of natural resources, practical applications of oil and gas,
basic Algebra
Materials and Resources

Technology Hardware (Click boxes of all equipment needed)

Camera
Laser Disk
Computer(s)
Printer
Digital Camera
Projection System
DVD Player
Scanner
Internet Connection
Television

VCR
Video Camera
Video Conferencing Equip.
Other:

Technology Software (Click boxes of all software needed.)

Database/Spreadsheet
Image Processing
Desktop Publishing
Internet Web Browser
E-mail Software
Multimedia
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

Web Page Development

Word Processing
Other:

Supplies

Paper and a writing utensil

Internet Resources

Prezi.com
Google.com
Screencastomatic.com
Customink.com

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

Resource Student

These students will have an extra 50 minute class period to

work on the assignments.

Non-Native English
Speaker

All presentations and instructions can be translated to a

different language if need be.

Gifted Student

These students will have to give a presentation of their project

results to the class

Student Assessment

Students will be assessed using a rubric attached in the Weebly Unit Plan

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