Oil spills devastate wildlife and our precious water resources. Test the absorptivity of different materials (sorbents) to discover which ones are best at removing oil from water in this brief lab.

Concepts

oil spills

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Additional Tags

absorptivity, cleaning up oil spills, environmental engineering, science fair project idea, sorbent, science buddies

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)