Includes Lessons and Curriculum
Oil Spill Junior Kits
With this oil spill kit, budding environmental engineers join efforts to identify physical and chemical properties of oil and discover how real-world scientists approach oil spill disasters. Students pair up to create their own oil spill models and use them to simulate basic oil containment and removal practices. Then they use the scientific method to ask questions, plan investigations, interpret data, and learn by trial and error. Hands-on activities require 4-6 hours to complete. Class Kit includes full-color instructor's manual, reproducible worksheets for differentiated learning, and experiment materials. Refill kit includes all non-reusable experiment materials to replenish Class Kit for further experimentation. Full contents lists below. Accommodates 32 students. Recommended for Elementary.
Standards: Aligns with NGSS
CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not for under 3 yrs.
Kit includes:
- Dishwashing liquid (18 oz), 1 Ea
- Vegetable Oil (48 oz), 1 Ea
- Vinyl Tubing (1/4" dia), 48 Ea
- Cocoa Powder (2 Tbsp), 2 Ea
- Graduated Cylinders (10 ml), 16 Ea
- Graduated Cylinders (100 ml), 2 Ea
- Natural Turkey Feathers, 1 Set
- Food Coloring, Set of 4
- Bottles w/ Dispensing Caps (60 ml), 12 Ea
- Bottles w/ child-Proof Caps, 2 Ea
- Aluminum Pie Plate (9" dia), 16 Ea
- Fine Sand (1/2 cup), 8 Ea
- Pea Gravel (1/2 cup), 2 Ea
- Plastic pipette (7 ml), 32 Ea
- Plastic Teaspoon, 32 Ea
- 1/4 Teaspoon, 1 Ea
- Cotton Balls, 100 Ea
- Mixed Seashells, Set of 120
- Nylon Stockings, 1 Ea
- Corrugated Box (22"L x 15"W x 15"H), 1 Ea
- Sterilite Container (10 gal), 1 Ea
Refill Kit includes:
- Dishwashing Liquid (18 oz), 1 Ea
- Vegetable Oil (48 oz), 1 Ea
- Cocoa Powder (2 Tbsp), 2 Ea
- Natural Turkey Feathers, 1 Set
- Aluminum Pie Plate (9 " dia), 16 Ea
- Fine Sand (1/2 cup), 8 Ea
- Pea Gravel (1/2 cup), 2 Ea
- Plastic Pipette (7 ml), 32 Ea
- Cotton Balls, Set of 100
- Mixed Seashells, Set of 120
- 1/4 Teaspoon, 1 Ea
- Box (8"L x 8"W x 12"H), 1 Ea
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
- K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
- K-2-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
- 3-5-ETS1-1: Define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
- 3-5-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
- 3-5-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
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