Oil Spill Lab
Dec 21, 2015
Oil Spill Lab
Readings
• Is Hawaii prepared for a major oil spill.doc
• Midway jet fuel spill.doc
• Oil spill on coral70_coral_full_report.pdf
• NOAA Coral Reefs & Oil Spill
Activities
• Sediment penetration exercise.doc
• Exxon spill.doc
• Prince Williams Oily Mess Lesson.pdf
• The Gulf oil spill in the classroom.doc
• GNOME Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii Beach sand representing different grain size.
Sediment Penetration Exercise
How do liquids of different viscosities penetrate beach sand?
Exxon Spill
• Demonstrate the effect of the oil spill on birds • Demonstrate the way oil leaking from a tanker
spreads out to form a slick on the surface of the water.
• Discuss effects of oil mousse on intertidal life.• Graph bird causalities discovered immediately
following the Exxon Valdez oil spill. • Investigate various methods to clean up an oil spill.• Use the Merck Index to identify chemicals found in
crude oil.
Prince Williams Oily Mess.pdf
STEP 1c: State Your Predictions!
STEP 2b: Record Your DataSTEP 3a: Plot Your DataSTEP 4a: Interpret Your Data
and Write a Scientific Report
The Gulf Oil Spill in the Classroom
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/05/01/us/20100501-oil-spill-tracker.html
Track the Gulf Spill:
GNOME Kaneohe Bay
Project an oil spill in the bay