Oil Spill!
by Susan Matteson
Using the website TeachingEngineering as a model along with their worksheets, students will create an oil spill and explore the current methods of cleaning it up. They will engineer a new method of cleaning up an oil spill.
Lesson Grade Level
6th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
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