Lesson Plan

Grades 9-12

Como el agua y el aceite (Like Oil and Water)

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1 hour

SUBJECTS: Language Arts, Science

TOPICS: Oceans, Water Pollution

Resource Overview

Students use the engineering design process to create and test prototypes for cleaning up oil spills.

Students will be able to:
  • Research current methods of oil spill clean-up and their drawbacks.
  • Read a graduated cylinder and use data to calculate volume and percentages.
  • Use the engineering design process to explore solutions to problems associated with cleaning-up oil spills.
  • Design, build, and test prototypes of devices that would help clean-up oil spills.
A "vessel of opportunity" skims oil spilled after the Deepwater Horizon/BP well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.

Features of This Resource

  • Spanish language STEM lesson
  • Students use the engineering design process to solve real-world problems
  • Use of lab equipment


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