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17-Jun-10 1:00 PM CST

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The Knowledge Box: Making The Connection

Article updated June 2010 with most recent PDF. Article reprinted from American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) June 2007 Newsletter by Andy Ellis, National Board of Directors President.

The Knowledge Box is a traveling exhibit showcasing the many aspects of the oil and gas industry. It's purpose is to provide educators a forum to effectively present the petroleum industry, and to inform students of the vast career opportunities in the field. Designed to help teachers, this box includes teacher resources, hands-on activities and interactive lessons correlated to state and National Science Standards.

To give you an idea about the goals the Knowledge Box hopes to achieve, here are a few of the objectives.

• Discuss the importance of petroleum in our lives
• List several everyday objects made from petroleum
• Communicate connections between geology, petroleum and future careers
• Understand economic significance of the petroleum industry
• Explain the contributions of scientists and technology in the fields of geology and petroleum
• Analyze the effects of faulting, folding and earth’s movement
• Describe the origin of oil and natural gas
• Evaluate the economic and environmental impact/issues of fossil fuels
• Summarize the steps in locating, drilling and producing a well
• Compare and contrast land and offshore drilling and production

Several Chapters have already started sponsoring these Knowledge Boxes in their areas. If your chapter isn't listed yet, it's not too late. Contact your chapter representative for details or click here for more information: http://www.aade.org/Downloads/KBOX%20presAADE%20NATIONAL%20CHAPTER%201.pdf.