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
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cObtvZLAeA_4zAcTu8HoLH88A1GEyLvRBs12pw_…Subject Area
Science Life Science L2: Organisms & Energy Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process Mathematics Measurement and Data (MD) Ratio and Proportion (RP) English Language Arts (ELA) Writing Speaking & Listening
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