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Objective 1: Define and identify nonrenewable resources and describe their uses.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- U.S. Energy Information Administration | September 2023 | Ohio State Profile and Energy Estimates
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | October 2023 | Oil and Petroleum products explained
- Our World in Data | Fossil Fuels
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | What are Fossil Fuels?
Objective 2: Outline the extraction and production of nonrenewable resources into products for human use.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | October 2023 | Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | October 2023 | Basic Information about Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia
- International Atomic Energy Agency | May 2017 | The Nuclear Fuel Cycle| 3:00 minutes
- TED-Ed | Mia Nacamulli | July 2017 | How does fracking work?| 6:03 minutes
- MarathonOilCrop | December 2012 | Timelapse of drilling and fracking a well. | 1:46 minutes
- PBS Learning Media | Making Electricity at a Coal-Burning Plant
Objective 3: Describe the impacts of using nonrenewable resources on Earth’s atmosphere, water, and ecosystems.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | November 2022 | Hydraulic Fracturing and Health
- National Geographic | June 2017 | Coal Mining’s Environmental Impact | 2:53 minutes
- Frontline PBS | April 2021 | Coal’s Deadly Dust (full documentary) | 32:03 minutes
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- PBSNewsHour | August 2019 | The danger of coal ash, the toxic dust the fossil fuel leaves behind| 10:08 minutes
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | August 2020 | Oil Spills
- National Geographic | May 2016 | Looking for Killer Whales 26 Years After the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill | 4:32 minutes
Objective 4: Describe how burning fossil fuels for energy causes global warming and the importance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
I’ve chosen the following resources to support this objective:
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | Report Home
- Our World in Data | CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- U.S. Energy and Information Administration | August 2023 | Energy and the environment explained
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | September 2012| The Carbon Cycle | 4:22 minutes
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Ocean and Coastal Acidification
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Understanding the Science of Ocean and Coastal Acidification
- NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory | Ocean Acidification
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | 2023 | The Sources and Solutions: Fossil Fuels