NDLI: Modeling Oil on the Ocean: Testing & Improving Oil Booms

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Modeling Oil on the Ocean: Testing & Improving Oil Booms

Content Provider	TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12
Author	Brown, Kristen Almand, Berkeley Perez-Suarez, Sharon D. Straten, Melissa Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Yowell, Janet Samson, Carleigh
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Students learn about oil spills and their environmental and economic impact. They experience the steps of the engineering design process, starting by brainstorming ways to clean up oil spills, and then designing, building and re-designing oil booms to prevent the spread of oil on water. During a concluding reflective session, students come up with ideas on how to reduce oil consumption to prevent future oil spills. Students learn about oil spills and their environmental and economic effects. They experience the steps of the engineering design process, starting by brainstorming potential methods for oil spill cleanup. They model small-size oil spills in plastic bins, and then design, build and re-design oil booms to prevent the spread of oil spills. Oil booms are like floating fences on the water surface to help contain and collect spilled oil. During a reflective session after cleaning up their oil booms, students come up with ideas on how to reduce oil consumption to prevent future oil spills. A PowerPoint presentation is provided.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Regents of The University of Colorado
Subject Keyword	Earth and Space Environmental Clean-up Test and Improve Oil Cleanup Water Pollution Oil Collection Improvement Pollution Environmental Cleanup Oil Spill Oil Spill Model Redesign Oil Containment Deepwater Horizon Brainstorming Iterate
Content Type	Text Video
Time Required	PT2H30M
Education Level	Class III Class IV Class V
Pedagogy	Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration
Resource Type	Hands-on
Subject	Structure of the Earth

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