Hey- I hope all of you are having a great break- It's a beautiful day today, so I hope you are outside enjoying it right now.
Here are few videos to watch during your down time.
Take notes to use on you quizzes
All together it's under 1 hour 45 min.
The first one is about the Gulf/ BP oil spill it's about 50 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U454HFEdRMQ
Focus on;
-The environmental effects of the oil as well as the dispersant they used to try to clean it up- What problems does/ has the dispersant caused?
-The duration of the spill and the causes for it taking so long to shut down.
- Be sure to take notes on as much as possible- the more the better!
The next couple are short; Revisiting Chernobyl is about 12 minutes
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june11/chernobyl_03-29.html
Can coal be Earth friendly? is about 27 minutes
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/515/
pay attention to mechanisms to "clean" coal and what happens to the wastes overall from burning coal.
Lastly:
PICK A CLIP! or READ a post! keep the video short, under 10 minutes!
Watch a clip on any energy disaster/ concern and then tell me about in one page (just one side!).
There are a ton on Fukushima meltdown, like this one;
http://grist.org/news/fukushima-meltdown-appears-to-have-sickened-american-infants/
As well as on Chernobyl- this one is part of a series on the children of Belarus still suffering from the radiation exposure caused by the Chernobyl meltdown of 1986!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_FI2alBpBY
