The Hydrocarbon Held Hostage

These last few weeks we've been hard at work in the first unit of our 'Fuel' class. This unit was on slopes, lines, and atoms. We learned about the parts of an atom and how draw a diagram of a covalent bond for the science portion, and how to graph lines using the formulas y=mx+b and Y-Yo=M(X-Xo). Most importantly we learned about different hydrocarbons and how they are formed, used, and what their drawback are. Unfortunately because of Covid we were unable to do an FE (Field Experience) to experience the real world implications of this topic, but all the same we were able to practically put what we learned to the test with this units action project a presentation on a real world current event related to our hydrocarbon of choice. We researched our hydrocarbon and the country the current event is from to pull together what you will find to be an intriguing and comprehensive guide to both a fossil fuel and a real life implement of it. For my project I chose to do it on the FSO Safer Oil tanker crisis in Yemen, which I learned about in a Model UN conference, and thought was too unrecognized and interesting. Without further ado please enjoy my presentation: 'The Hydrocarbon Held Hostage'!!!

After the completion of this action project I can definitely say that I was right about how intriguing my current event of choice was. I learned a lot more about the conflict in Yemen than I had during the brief time I had to prepare for the Model UN conference. The situation in Yemen is very precarious and i'm honestly in disbelief that I had never heard of it until now. The research for the. hydrocarbon part of the AP was a little more challenging and a bit less interesting. It was certainly a challenge especially with the slide on The molecular formula and characteristics of oil since oil is a mixture of a few different hydrocarbons. Overall I learned a ton and learned a lot this unit!

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