Oil and Feathers Don't Mix

In this oil spill worksheet, students examine a 4-page article regarding basic facts about oil spills and toxicity of oil.

Introduce little ones to the well-known concept that oil and water don't mix, but do it in such a way that they will have a colorful reminder to take home. While this is printed as a home demonstration, it would make a fabulous in-class...

Students 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.

One lake in Germany killed everything that swam in it, drank from it, or flew over it providing scientists with an incredible fossil record and a huge mystery. PBS Eons explains the rarity of the fossil finds including turtles in the...

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.

Students discover the difficulties of removing an oil spill from the environment. In groups, they put drops of oil into bowls of water and then try to remove it with various tools, such as spoons, eyedroppers, and paper. They discuss...

Students explore the development of paint and paintings during the Renaissance. In a science lab, they reproduce the properties of egg in tempera paint and compare and contrast egg tempera paintings to oil paintings. Through...

Students develop a list of actions they could perform that would protect our water resources from pollution. They formulate hypotheses, conduct experiments and draw conclusions about actual pollutants found in our water supply.

Students experiment to determine what happens in an oil spill and during different clean up methods. They investigate how they can take responsibility for the environment.

Learners brainstorm a list of possible actions that they could do to protect the water resources from pollution. They create hypotheses and conclusions by completing experiments and observing different pollutants.