Science 8: Pipeline Debate 2010-2016
"Pipeline" by Ray Bodden. Source Flickr CC/BY
LESSON 1
A. Mapping the Proposal
Read item 1 and item 2 in the article by Dave Cooper titled “Northern Gateway Pipeline,” (provided in print) and do the following:
1. Indicate the start and finish of the pipeline on your map (provided in print) of BC and Alberta
2. Outside the map box, in the box labelled “The Pipeline,” draw an image of the proposed pipeline and note the following statistics:
a. Pipeline length
b. Direction of travel
c. Contents
d. Volume of Product being Moved
3. Go to "Building a Pipeline". Go through the 12 steps.
4. View "Highway to Hell" video.
5. Go to Google Maps and look at the geography (landforms) and the proposed pipeline.
6. In your notebook, write a reflection on #2-5.
B. Lesson 1 Homework: Identifying Environmental Concerns.
7. Go to “Kitimat: Perils Threatening the Northern Gateway Pipeline.” Read the introduction and then scroll down to the map. Read pages 1 Then fill in the chart on your map labelled “Perils,” explaining each concern (starting with page 1: "Getting to Kitimat.") Create an icon for each of the concerns/perils and locate these icons on your map.
LESSON 2
C. Identifying Stakeholders
Finish reading “The Northern Gateway Pipeline” article from beginning to end. Identify the stakeholders referred to in the article and note their position on the proposal. Complete the Download Stakeholders Assignment sheet as assigned.
D. Stakeholders and Sustainable Development The idea of sustainable development has been endorsed by the United Nations as a structure for achieving a society that can meet its needs without compromising the needs of future generations. The goal is sustainability. To meet it, economic prosperity, environmental health, and social justice must be in balance. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation explains it this way: “a prosperous society relies on a healthy environment to provide food and resources, safe drinking water and clean air for its citizens.”
Review the information you have gathered from the newspaper article on the pipeline and the website describing some of the risks, and fill in the chart provided. Note the facts and claims you have read about and place them in the categories you think are appropriate. Then on the back of this sheet make a drawing that shows connections between the three categories
Link to more information about sustainable development:
Computing for Sustainability: Visualising Sustainability: http://computingforsustainability.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/
LESSON 3
E. Critical Evaluation of Media
1. Pipeline Cartoon: http://www.raesidecartoon.com/dbtest/index.php?com=default&o=0&i=3698&category=343#image
2.. Enbridge Northern Gateway Marine Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr6LlfDJliE
3. spOILed: Enbridge & Tankers in the Great Bear Rainforest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9OsXHpLclM&feature=fvwrel
Questions to consider:
Answer the following: Consider the issue as you understand it now and the questions you still need answered before you could take a position.
Homework:
1. Read the Globe and Mail article "Northern Gateway: The Battle is Only Beginning" (May 31st, 2014). If the link to the article does not work, try the PDF version: Page 1 Page 2 (right click on the article to rotate clockwise). In your notebook, make 3-5 connections to the previous learning you have obtained during the last three lesson.
2. Read the Globe and Mail article "Why say no to Gateway? Because there are alternatives" (May 26th, 2014). PDF version HERE. In your notebook, record your personal reaction to this article.
F. More Resources
Engbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline Blog: http://www.northerngateway.ca/news-and-media/northern-gateway-blogs/pipeline-safety/
Photo Essay on the Oil Sands:http://www.businessinsider.com/canadian-oil-sands-flyover-2012-5?op=1
C. Identifying Stakeholders
Finish reading “The Northern Gateway Pipeline” article from beginning to end. Identify the stakeholders referred to in the article and note their position on the proposal. Complete the Download Stakeholders Assignment sheet as assigned.
D. Stakeholders and Sustainable Development The idea of sustainable development has been endorsed by the United Nations as a structure for achieving a society that can meet its needs without compromising the needs of future generations. The goal is sustainability. To meet it, economic prosperity, environmental health, and social justice must be in balance. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation explains it this way: “a prosperous society relies on a healthy environment to provide food and resources, safe drinking water and clean air for its citizens.”
Review the information you have gathered from the newspaper article on the pipeline and the website describing some of the risks, and fill in the chart provided. Note the facts and claims you have read about and place them in the categories you think are appropriate. Then on the back of this sheet make a drawing that shows connections between the three categories
Link to more information about sustainable development:
Computing for Sustainability: Visualising Sustainability: http://computingforsustainability.wordpress.com/2009/03/15/visualising-sustainability/
LESSON 3
E. Critical Evaluation of Media
1. Pipeline Cartoon: http://www.raesidecartoon.com/dbtest/index.php?com=default&o=0&i=3698&category=343#image
2.. Enbridge Northern Gateway Marine Safety https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr6LlfDJliE
3. spOILed: Enbridge & Tankers in the Great Bear Rainforest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9OsXHpLclM&feature=fvwrel
Questions to consider:
- How is your understanding of the film influenced by what you've already said?
- Whose voices are heard in this film; who's are silent?
- What is the point of view or bias being expressed?
- Does the form or style influence the message you take from the film? What techniques are used to persuade you?
- In terms of the three pillars for sustainable development, what view of the world and what values does the film represent?
Answer the following: Consider the issue as you understand it now and the questions you still need answered before you could take a position.
- Who Would you go to? Individual/Agency/Organization
- What would you ask?
- Why is this question important?
Homework:
1. Read the Globe and Mail article "Northern Gateway: The Battle is Only Beginning" (May 31st, 2014). If the link to the article does not work, try the PDF version: Page 1 Page 2 (right click on the article to rotate clockwise). In your notebook, make 3-5 connections to the previous learning you have obtained during the last three lesson.
2. Read the Globe and Mail article "Why say no to Gateway? Because there are alternatives" (May 26th, 2014). PDF version HERE. In your notebook, record your personal reaction to this article.
F. More Resources
Engbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline Blog: http://www.northerngateway.ca/news-and-media/northern-gateway-blogs/pipeline-safety/
Photo Essay on the Oil Sands:http://www.businessinsider.com/canadian-oil-sands-flyover-2012-5?op=1
April 26th CBC Morning Show: Canadian Press reporter Kristy Kirkup explains how Premier Rachel Notley is putting pressure on the prime minister to be more pipeline-friendly.
