Teachers' Domain; Fracking
- Series
- Teachers' Domain
- Title
- Fracking
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-wd3pv6bk69
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- Description
- Description
- Define fracking and explain the process in general.What are some possible environmental impacts of fracking? Explain why some people are concerned about the fracking process.Do you think that gas drilling companies should be compelled to tell the public which chemicals they are using? Why or why not?What scientific evidence so far suggests a possible link between fracking and human illness? How would you design an investigation to establish a possible link between fracking and negative impacts on human health?Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of federal regulation of the fracking and drilling industries.
- Description
- In this video segment adapted from Need to Know, learn about health concerns regarding exposure to chemicals used in natural gas drilling. An animated diagram shows how the process of hydraulic fracturing—fracking—is used to extract natural gas. A reporter explains how the process may be polluting water resources with hazardous chemicals. Hear about health problems among people whose only common connection is proximity to gas drilling sites. In addition, learn about the challenges of investigating the possible link between the contaminants and illness because the gas industry is not required to disclose which chemicals they use in fracking fluids.
- Description
- In this video segment adapted from Need to Know, learn about the controversial method of extracting natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and how some residents who live near drill sites are concerned that it's polluting their water.
- Subjects
- History and Impact of Technology; water quality; natural resources; humans :: health :: environmental effects; earth system :: energy :: sources :: natural gas; earth system :: environment :: human impact and global changes; earth system :: energy :: sources :: geologic resource mining; earth system :: environment :: natural resources; earth system :: environment :: chemical pollution; earth system :: environment :: water pollution; earth system :: environment :: pollution; earth system :: environment :: land and water use; science; Energy in the Earth System; Energy and Power Technologies; Energy Sources
- Rights
- Rights Note:Download and Share,Rights:,Rights Credit:© 2011 WGBH Educational Foundation. All Rights Reserved.,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:In Perpetuity,Rights Holder:
- Rights Note:Download and Share,Rights:,Rights Credit:Adapted courtesy ofWNET: "Need To Know".,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:In Perpetuity,Rights Holder:
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:03:45
- Credits
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Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Publisher: Teachers' Domain
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: aa9fb5386f5a463a675f59e703be5d813ea8733c (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Duration: 00:03:45
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Teachers' Domain; Fracking,” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 22, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-wd3pv6bk69.
- MLA: “Teachers' Domain; Fracking.” WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 22, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-wd3pv6bk69>.
- APA: Teachers' Domain; Fracking. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-wd3pv6bk69