Teach your students about the effects of fossil fuel with this fun and interactive STEAM lesson! Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, answer lab questions, and finish with a fun and engaging STEAM activity. For this activity, you will be creating your own ocean ecosystem, and simulating an oil spill. Then you will engineer devices to help you contain and rid your ocean of the oil.

You will need:

• Large container
• Water
• Cotton ball
• Sponge
• Soap
• Oil
• Spoons
• Bird Feather
• Sticks, leaves, rocks
• Clear plastic cups
• Pipe Cleaners
• Food color (optional)