K-4 Texas Tanker
Bronze level
Published on 8/20/2013
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Learning objectives
- Number & Operations - Fractions: CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.C.6 Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100. For example...
- Number & Operations - Fractions: CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.4b Understand a multiple of a/b as a multiple of 1/b, and use this understanding..
- Number & Operations - Fractions: CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.4c Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number...
Created for
Age 7 and below
Ages 8 - 10
Subject
Digital/Media Literacy
Environment
Mathematics (All)
Natural Sciences
Social Studies
Technology/ICT
Twenty-first century skills
21st Century Skills
Knowledge building & critical thinking
Global awareness & civic literacy
ICT for learning
Problem solving & innovation (creativity)
Required hardware
PC
Instructional approach
Project based learning (PBL)
Independent study
Learning activity details
(Of all the oil imported into the United States, 60 percent comes into the country via the Gulf of Mexico, in tanker ships like this 859-foot shuttle tanker. An off-duty ship pilot took this photo from the bridge of the ship as it turned away from the rising sun. The crude oil on board was headed for Houston.)
On average, how many barrels of oil come into the U.S. through the Gulf of Mexico per day?
On average, how many barrels of oil come into the U.S. through the Gulf of Mexico per day?