Social Responsibility

Conservation Videos

Since the 1970s, ConocoPhillips has produced award-winning educational films and videos for schools. Videos dealing with wildlife, habitat and conservation issues are available free to educators. Each video comes with an extensive, illustrated teacher's guide. Visit the ConocoPhillips' Teaching Tools Web site for more information.

A Home for Pearl
(Four parts, 70 minutes total, produced in 1992)
Suitable for elementary and middle school students, the segments demonstrate how a diverse environment is critical to life of all kinds.

The four parts include:

  • The Robin. Regardless of whether wildlife lives near people or far removed, each species requires a particular kind of habitat that must provide food, water, shelter and space.
  • Habitat Diversity. Different kinds of animals have different habitat requirements. In general, the more diverse or complex the habitat, the more types of wildlife will live there.
  • Predators. Predators are a vital part of most habitats, and sometimes people can attract more wildlife, including predators, to a habitat by increasing its diversity.
  • The Right Home for Pearl. Bald eagles became endangered because of the loss of their habitat and pollution in their environment. One way to protect endangered wildlife is to relocate them to protected areas that provide their habitat requirements.


Biodiversity: Wild About Life
(Four titles, 55 minutes total, produced in 1997)
Suitable for middle, junior and senior high school students, the videos show the variety of life on earth — from wolves to plants and from wetlands to deserts.

The four titles include:

  • Biodiversity Rules! Helps students understand the direct benefit of biodiversity to human survival and the quality of life, and how many people, including concerned teenagers, are taking action.
  • Long Journeys. Shows how migratory animals, such as the humming bird and the endangered whooping crane, teach the importance of protecting habitat beyond state and national boundaries.
  • Predators and People. Presents the important role of the predator in healthy ecosystems, and how careful research and compromises are necessary to resolve people-predator problems.
  • Joining Forces with Nature. Demonstrates how groups of people, many at the local level, are coming together to deal with environmental and biodiversity problems that can't be resolved alone.



HEADJAM Series
(Six parts, 22 minutes, produced in 1998)
Suitable for middle and junior high school students, the programs explore math, science and critical thinking skills in a highly entertaining way. The Truth About H2O and Bird Brained focus on environmental issues.

The six programs include:

  • Go Figure: Math goes to work in the real world, where problem solving happens in unlikely places.
  • The Truth About H2O: From the hydrologic cycle to water audits and microorganisms, great things happen when students hook up with the environment.
  • Slinky® Science: Kids see gravity, inertia and centrifugal force from a whole new angle when you combine Slinky® with engineering concepts.
  • Think Smart: Decision making takes a ride when students see how to analyze situations and make complex choices using science-based skills and strategic thinking.
  • Crude Energy: Students get a backstage pass to the world of petroleum where science and energy come together.
  • Bird Brained: Imaginations take flight as students learn about habitats, migratory patterns and the impact of humans on our fine-feathered friends.