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Oil Oil Everywhere

This math meets ecology lesson provides hands-on experiences with mixing oil and water, provides surface area information about the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and gives learners opportunities to estimate small oil spills of their own making. This lesson guide includes questions for learners, assessment options, extensions, and reflection questions....

Keywords:: Social Sciences, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Human Impact, Problem Solving, NSDL, Biological Science, Fraction, Ecology, Representation, Fractions, Physics, Oil, Surface Area, Conducting Investigations, Area, Number and Operations, Chemistry, General, Earth System Science, Science and Society, Forestry and Agriculture, Technology and Society, Life Science, Physical Science, Geoscience, Communicating Results, Measurement, Mathematics, Technology and the Environment, Anthropology, Oceanography, Waves, Polygons, Gathering Data, General Science, Wave Motion, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Oceans and Water, Solutions, Gulf of Mexico, Ocean, Education, Formulating Explanations