A Picture is Worth 1000 Words
Photo Gallery Number your paper 1-10. You will be shown a series of images. Each image will be up for 30 seconds. Write the down the first “phrase” or “word” that comes to mind when viewing the image.
10 Biggest Oil Spills in History http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?
Gulf War, 1991 Location: Kuwait Gallons: 240 to 336 million http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=1
Location: Bay of Campeche, Mexico Gallons: 140 million Ixtoc 1 Oil Well, 1979 Location: Bay of Campeche, Mexico Gallons: 140 million http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100714/full/466304a.html
Location: Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Gallons: 88.3 million Atlantic Empress, 1979 Location: Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Gallons: 88.3 million http://sea-jobs.net/top-20-biggest-oil-spills-part-1-147-wi.html http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=3
Fergana Valley, 1992 Location: Uzbekistan Gallons: 87.7 million http://www.wonders-world.com/2010/09/10-biggest-oil-spills-in-history.html
Location: Persian Gulf Gallons: 80 million Nowruz Oil Field, 1983 Location: Persian Gulf Gallons: 80 million http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=5
Location: Off he coast of Angola Gallons: 80 million ABT Summer, 1991 Location: Off he coast of Angola Gallons: 80 million http://www.rediff.com/money/slide-show/slide-show-1-these-are-the-worlds-10-worst-oil-disasters/20120529.htm#6
Location: Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa Gallons: 78.5 million Castillo de Beliver, 1983 Location: Off Saldanha Bay, South Africa Gallons: 78.5 million http://www.oilspillsolutions.org/majorspills.htm http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=7
Location: Off Brittany, France Gallons: 68.7 million Amoco Cadiz, 1978 Location: Off Brittany, France Gallons: 68.7 million http://ambientedeluz.blogspot.com/2010/05/megadesastres-ambientais.html http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=8
Location: 700 nautical miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada Odyssey Oil Spill, 1988 Location: 700 nautical miles off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada Gallons: 43 million http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=9
MT Haven Tanker, 1991 Location: Genoa, Italy Gallons: 42 million http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/g1765/biggest-oil-spills-in-history/?slide=10
Second Viewing This time you need to write down the year that each spill occurred. Sketch a timeline of the oil spills. Date #1 Date #2
Timeline (not to scale) 1991 (42 million) 1991 (240-336 million) 1991 (80 million) 1983 (80 million) 1978 (68.7 million) 1983 (78.5 million) 1988 (43 million) 1979 (140 million) 1992 (887.7 million) 1979 (83 million)
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