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Oil Spill Cleanup Lesson Plans
From Oil Spill Cleanup Day to BROWN PELICANS - OIL SPILL VICTIMS, find teacher approved oil spill cleanup lesson plans that inspire student learning.
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Students identify, analyze, and discuss what animals are most vulnerable to an oil spill. Then they select which methods of oil cleanup on land and water worked the best. Students also compare the materials used in the activity to the actual equipment used to clean up oil spills.
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Students experiment by creating an oil spill and trying a number of clean up methods. They determine which methods are the least costly and most effective. They role play as an environmental engineer and as an oil company owner who must be responsible for a spill clean up.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students create their own oil spill, try different methods for cleaning it up, and then discuss the merits of each method in terms of effectiveness (cleanliness) and cost. They put themselves in the place of both an environmental engineer and an oil company owner who are responsible for the clean-up and discuss the different perspectives.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students explore an important role of environmental engineers by studying the Exxon Valdez oil spill. They experiment with different strategies in order to clean up their own manufactured oil spill.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students discuss the Exxon Valdez oil spill. After brainstorming cleanup methods, they conduct hands-on experiments by creating miniature oil spills in pans to test their hypotheses. They record their results on worksheets.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students conduct a simple experiment demonstrating the variable densities of corn syrup, water, glycerin, and vegetable oil. They examine cleanup methods used in the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
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- 8th Grade
Students investigate hurricanes and oil spills and the damage they can cause. They visit the Sony Wonder Technology Lab and participate in the stations for hurricanes and oil spills. They colled data and contact fellow scientists via the computer.
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- 6th - 9th Grade
Students participate in an activity in which they explore the various zones of the ocean. They clean up a mock oil spill and discuss the effects an oil spill has on each of the ocean zones.
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- 10th - 11th Grade
Students build a system to remove oil from a water source. In this environmental engineering lesson, students plan and build a system to contain and remove oil from a water source using various materials provided by the teacher. Students evaluate the effectiveness of their creation.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students learn and see the effects of oil spills on water fowl.
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