|
Sea
Empress Oil Spill |
organisation
|
West
Wales Eco Centre
(INFORSE-members) |
www.ecocentre.org.uk
(not available anymore) |
westwales@ecocentre.org.uk |
age
group |
7
-11 years old |
Topic |
|
Lessons to be learnt from the Sea Empress
oil spill in Pembrokeshire in 1996 |
Goal |
To raise awareness of the issue of
oil for energy needs and the impact of oil spills on communities,
tourism, wildlife, etc |
Resources |
A bilingual
(English / Welsh) CD resource.
Currently
only in CD format however stocks are low so a proposal to create
a website with all the material is being planned. A link will be
provided from the Eco Centre's website so check regularly.
Contents:
energy, pollution, ecology, Pembrokeshire, grounding/tankers, clean
up, impacts, birds, lessons for the future. Also includes 50 work
sheets suitable for photocopying. |
Task |
An interactive
resource, with follow up pupil resources. |
Description
and Evaluation |
A comprehensive
educational resource that was provided free to primary schools in Wales
with the financial help of the Countryside Council for Wales and Environment
Agency Wales. |