Foundation for Energy Education

Foundation for Energy Education.

For Grades K – 5

The Playing with Petroleum Kit can be reserved for classroom
use for a period of up to 30 days

Teachers can reserve the Playing with Petroleum Kit for a period of up to 30 days for their classroom use by attending a Project E3 Workshop, conducted by Foundation partner Offshore Energy Center. The Playing with Petroleum Kit is a FREE traveling classroom exhibit for grades K through 5. It brings hydrocarbon-based energy education to students in a multi-disciplinary format. Curriculum in the Kit is correlated to State (Texas) and National Standards.

The Foundation�s goal is to help the OEC expand distribution and usage of the Kits across all of Texas. Objectives for student learning during use of the Playing with Petroleum Kit include:

• Describe how sediments are formed and their importance
• Describe how microfossils are important to geologists
• Describe the importance of petroleum in our daily lives and objects made from petroleum
• Identify how petroleum is formed and what organisms become petroleum
• Understand the commitment of the oil industry to protecting the environment.

Teachers, administrators and local citizens interested in having a Playing with Petroleum Kit at their schools may contact Offshore Energy Center Education Director Doris Tomas at (281) 544-2435, oeceducation@aol.com.