This hands-on experiment will provide students with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup. Students will 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 will be asked to put themselves in the place of both an environmental engineer and an oil company owner who are responsible for the clean-up.

Concepts

engineering, oil, pollution, water, water treatment, stem, oil spills

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Additional Tags

environmental cleanup, oil company, oil spill cleanup, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, oil spill, oil crisis project

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Classroom Considerations

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