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Black Gold Beneath the Bayous
Black Gold Beneath the Bayous is a brand new CDROM designed for Louisiana Earth Science Teachers as a classroom teaching aid. Funded and sponsored by the state Department of Natural Resources' Energy Section, this outstanding instructional tool offers factual text and graphics, music, animation, and classroom experiments.
Teachers — Training our future geologists and petroleum engineers will be more exciting and rewarding than ever before!
Science teachers should request a copy of the disk by calling:
- LSU's Geological Survey, Brad Hanson at 225-388-3475, or
- LEERIC, Bob Bradley at 225-388-4600.
Editors: For more on this topic, please contact DNR Public Information Officer Phyllis Darensbourg at 225-342-8955.