Students get involved in the search for oil and discover there's more to it than just drilling a hole. A study of how offshore oil resources are exploited, the Santa Barbara oil spill, and firsthand experience in cleaning up an oil spill. Students build ocean floors, and measure ocean depth by using similar methods to oceanographers. Students learn the techniques of photographing tidepool animals and plants. Students study mineral resources in the ocean and construct a solar still.
Students study the sharks that inhabit the Oregon coast.
How laws, rules, and regulations come about. Instruction for collecting and classifying fresh water invertebrates. Using posters, students become familiar with Oregon's marine animals. Written materials explain how beaches and dunes are formed. Describes a classroom activity that describes minerals making up the sands of our beaches.