1. Beat the Economic
Teacher:
What event Environmental
does this
image
represent?
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2. What is the environmental price of our love affair with oil?
Case Study: An economic activity that has an impact on the environment.
Listen and look. Social
Identify SEE
impacts of the BP
Oil spill in the Gulf
of Mexico
Economic Environmental

3. Which rights have been contravened?
What questions would you want to ask about the
oil spill? Use the Development Compass Rose to
help you.
Develop at least 2 questions per section.

4. Do we have the right to low fuel prices or a responsibility to
protect the environment for future generations?
Should the government increase the duty of fuel to encourage drivers onto
public transport and reduce carbon emissions and oil dependancy?

5. What are to economic advantages of deep sea oil drilling?
What are the environmental costs of the Gulf of Mexico Oil
Spill?
How are new technologies and GIS used to analyse
economic activity?
Carousel Activity. 7 minutes at each station.

6. Case Study: BP and the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Specific facts about the Oil Spill e.g. Amount of oil. How was GIS used to track and respond to the spill?
Short Term impacts Long term impacts
Social Economic Environmental Social Economic Environmental
Impacts on BP Top 3 impacts on the environment
What has been done to prevent this happening again?