The success of the OERB's Fossils to Fuel led to the creation of a similar curriculum designed to challenge middle-level students. Active delivers practical information about the formation and recovery of oil and natural gas, along with energy experiments that can be performed in the classroom. Like Fossils to Fuel, this six-week curriculum was written with the help of Oklahoma educators and industry experts. Teachers receive everything needed to instruct students, including a teacher's guide and activities kit. Free Training for Teachers To acquire the Petro Active curriculum, teachers must attend a day-long training session.
Teachers leave the workshop with a teacher's guide and an activities kit.
The workshops are free, and the OERB reimburses school districts for substitute pay so teachers can attend the training. To find out more information on workshop dates click here . Each class that completes the Petro Active curriculum will receive a free field trip from the OERB to the Omniplex Science Museum in Oklahoma City or the Jasmine Moran Children's Museum in Seminole, Oklahoma. Students will see exciting energy exhibits sponsored by the OERB and be treated to a free energy class at the museum, as well. While listening to this story, students are asked to draw their personal version of each chapter in history.