Main Page Industry Links Current Events & Calendar Newsletters	Elementary School Outreach Program Petroleum in Our Daily Lives Essay and Art Posters for year 2002 Theme: Petroleum in Our Daily Lives Project: Your class will work as a team to create an essay and art poster showing the uses of petroleum in our daily lives. Websites about petroleum are shown here and these may help you get started on ideas that show uses of petroleum and movies about how oil field equipment works. California Oil Museum in Santa Paula, CA The Museum tells the story of the "black bonanza" that created wealth, work and prosperity for generations of Californians. Telephone (805) 933-0076 Daily tours and group tours available. website: www.oilmuseum.net email: info@oilmuseum.net American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) The Quest for Energy is a Powerpoint Slide Presentation. www.aapg.org Select Menu Item: Library Search on: Quest for Energy Department of Energy (DOE): http://www.fe.doe.gov/education/index.html American Petroleum Institute (API): http://api-ec.api.org/frontpage.cfm Select Graphic Item "In the Classroom" API sponsored Project Learning Tree (PLT): www.plt.org Once finished, your essays and art posters will be displayed on the web page for the world to see! Participating Schools Click the schools in blue with underlind to see their posters. Signal Hill Elementary School Signal Hill, CA Principal: Nancy Nakagawa Sponsor: Signal Hill Petroleum, Inc International Elementary School Long Beach, CA Principal: Susan Rivard Sponsor: Tidelands Oil Production Burroughs Elementary School Signal Hill, CA Principal: Judy McEachen Sponsor: The Termo Company Lowell Bayside Academy Long Beach, CA Principal: Karen Williams Sponsor: Occcidental Thums Mabel Paine Elementary School Yorba Linda, CA Principal: Brian McKernan Sponsor: Aera Energy Windsor Hills Elementary School Los Angeles, CA Principal: Ms. Verteane Lett Bereal Sponsor: Stocker Resources, Inc. See this years finished posters below! Click here to see posters from previous year's Signal Hill Petroleum provided the speaker, funds and follow-up legwork to complete this year's outreach activities for Signal Hill Elementary. A donation of $500 wascontributed to the school's general funds in care of the Principal, Ms. Nancy Nakagawa. Individual achievement certificates were also presented to each participating 4th grade class. Each of the 5 classes completed one poster reflecting the general theme of the importance of petroleum in every day life. Several essays were also submitted, and all classes reported that the experience was educational and worthwhile repeating in subsequent years. Signal Hill Elementary classes worked as a team to create posters & essays showing uses of petroleum in our daily lives. Signal Hill Elementary School Principal Ms. Nancy Nakagawa 4th Grade Classes SPE Sponsor: Signal Hill Petroleum Click to see this years essays: Oil - by Stephanie South Old but New, OIL - by Sheila Estrada Petroleum is Really, Really Cool - by Room 41 Click Small Poster to see full size one! Windsor Hills Elementary School Los Angeles, CA Principal: Ms. Verteane Lett Bereal Sponsor: Stocker Resources, Inc. CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE FULL SIZE PHOTOS!   Lowell Bayside Academy Long Beach, CA Principal: Karen Williams Sponsor: Occcidental Thums CLICK ON IMAGES TO SEE FULL SIZE PHOTOS! Go to top of page
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