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		<title>BP Oil Spill Lesson Plan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the horrific environmental damage that will surely impact the Gulf Coast due to the BP oil spill, I thought I would share some thoughts on using this disaster in the classroom.  Unfortunately I think we will still be hashing out the impact of BP&#8217;s spill during August and beyond. The opportunity that teachers have in  this disaster is to provide a background and some understanding of humans&#8217; impact on the environment in which we live.  This would fall right in line with the aptitude of Meaning that Dan Pink discusses in A Whole New Mind. To start with, I would address a bit if history.  We could begin with Teddy Roosevelt&#8217;s preservation efforts during the Progressive Era of U.S. history.  President Roosevelt was a vivid outdoorsman, and he had a personal passion for preserving our nation&#8217;s natural resources for future generations.  The Theodore Roosevelt Association has an excellent lesson plan on their site that provides a background into Roosevelt&#8217;s legacy of conservation. You could start this lesson by having students locate the Breton National Wildlife Refuge on a map.  Be sure to mention that this preserve is over 100 years old.  It was the second nature preserve [...]]]></description>
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