Curated OER
Snowball Fight
Students ball up different pieces of kleenex and throw them at each other in order to have a snowball fight. In this snowball lesson plan, students calm down and clean up the "melted snow" once the snowball fight is over.
Curated OER
Oil Spill Simulation
Students examine the materials that can be used to clean up an oil spill. They experiment with vegetable oil and a variety of substances to see which clean the oil the best.
Curated OER
Don't Cry Over Spilled Oil
Middle schoolers study the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill while evaluating oil spill clean up activities. They discover the long term impact can have on an ecosystem by completing this experiment.
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US Geological Survey
Us Geological Survey: Bioremediation: Nature's Way to a Cleaner Environment[pdf]
Excellent information provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: September 11, 2001: Collecting and Exhibiting
Talks about the Church Street Station Post Office in New York City that was very near Ground Zero, and how the postal service continued to work post 9/11 in that area.