Follow the steps below to complete this WebQuest.
1. Check out the Evaluation Procedures. Please keep these in mind as you proceed.
2. Individually, click on the appropriate link below, and read your role description. Use the links provided to get you started. Gather information using the World Wide Web as well as other resources (books, videos, etc.), keeping the focusing questions in mind.
3. Meet with the other specialists in your field to devise a list of the 5 most important issues involving the oil sands from your role’s point of view. These are the issues you will be bringing forth to your solution cracking group.
4. Meet with your solution cracking group. Together, using the knowledge and expertise of each specialist, you will formulate a viable solution to the current controversies surrounding the Alberta oil sands.
5. Plan how you will present your solution to the board of directors. You are being given creative freedom for presenting your solution, but please ensure your presentation includes all three points of view (economic, environmental & aboriginal) and that it is appropriate. If you are unsure about something, please run your idea by the project manager (your teacher)!
6. Present your solution to the board of directors. Be prepared to discuss solutions the other groups have presented and to defend your own groups’ solution.
8. Clicking on the links below will take you to the role descriptions and give you resources you may use to gather information.
9. Be sure to check out the conclusion when you’re finished this project!!
Focusing Questions:
- How does the industry impact your role’s point of view?
- What are the current practices in the oil sands industry?
- What do we need to do to make things better? (Alternative fuel sources? Better refining practices?)
Resources:
Welcome Industry Leaders! You, along with your fellow teammates, have been recruited to present an ‘Economical’ perspective to finding the solution to this hot-button topic. Here is some information to get you started. It is your job to ensure that this perspective will be represented and taken under consideration when designing the solution. Good luck!!
Focusing Questions:
- Why do we need the oil sands?
- What products come from the oil industry?
- What is the industry currently doing to lessen their environmental and social impact?
Resources:
- Dangers of not taking and maintaining the funds from the tar sands properly
- See Part 2: Radio clip: The Alberta Tar Sands and the Economy
- Canada’s economy dependent on Alberta oil
- Fighting the ‘dirty’ image of the oil sands
- Is the oil industry hurting the economy?
- What is oil used for?
Welcome Environmentalists! You, along with your fellow teammates, have been recruited to present a ‘Green’ perspective to finding the solution to this hot-button topic. Here is some information to get you started. It is your job to ensure that this perspective will be represented and taken under consideration when designing the solution. Good luck!!
Focusing Questions:
- What kind of an impact are the oil sands having on the environment?
- What do you think the oils sands industry needs to do to lessen their environmental footprint?
- Should we stop the oil sands industry completely? Why or Why not?
Resources:
- Lies and false claims about the amount of emissions being released
- “Green” journalist commenting on the tar sands and recent issues
- See Part 2: Radio clip: The Alberta Tar Sands and the Economy
- The Fifth: The Tar Sands and it’s Devastating Effects
- Image of Canada due to the tar sands?
- Do we really know how bad it is?
- The tar sands kill
Welcome Aboriginal Advocates! You, along with your fellow teammates, have been recruited to present an ‘Aboriginal’ perspective to finding the solution to this hot-button topic. Here is some information to get you started. It is your job to ensure that this perspective will be represented and taken under consideration when designing the solution. Good luck!!
Focusing Questions:
- How are aboriginals specifically being affected by the oil sands industry
- What are some aboriginal views on the relationship between the earth and her people?
Resources:
