Find out about oil and its impact on the environment

Dartford Science and Technology College, Monday, 01 September 2025
30 points 210 pupils Explorer KS2, KS3

The DSTC Geography department deliver this Scheme of Work / topic a number of times:

Year 8 - Summer term (full scheme of work)
Y11 - Resource Reliance
Y12 - The Carbon Cycle and impacts of oil in the Arctic

Activity description

Did you know that burning oil for heating produces 40% more carbon dioxide than gas, for the same amount of energy?

Many schools use oil fuelled boilers, especially in rural areas where the national gas network (the underground pipes) doesn’t reach.

Find out more about where our oil comes from, what we use it for and what impact this all has on our environment around us.

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