Program Title: Oil Spill Pollution Science Target Age Range: Grades 4-6

Conduct a hands-on activity that simulates an oil spill and challenges kids of all ages to clean up the simulated disaster and its effect on wildlife.

Help your kids understand the disastrous effects of water pollution with this Oil Spill Experiment. This hands on science activity will allow them to see for themselves exactly how difficult cleaning up oil spills in the ocean really are.

Mr. R’s STEAM Lab on Instagram: "An Amazing Penguin Rescue 🐧 3rd Grade Makers used SuperSTEM by Scholastic Magazines+ to learn about the 2000 oil spill off Robben Island 🇿🇦 that severely affected a colony of Penguins. They observed the devastating effect that oil has on our feathered friends and how mother nature alone cannot clean these birds. Makers learned a whole new appreciation for the amazing work being done by scientists and wildlife warriors to aid these creatures when disaster…

These exploding STEM experiments take traditional STEAM activities for kids to a whole new level!

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Try this oil spill clean up experiment with your students or kids! This is agreat one for Earth Day or anytime you want to teach about the environment!

Teach kids about the seriousness of oil spills and tap into their problem solving skills. Challenge kids to clean-up an oil spill in this eye opening activity.

Easy oil spill experiment for kids. Pour cooking oil over the top of water and experiment with different absorbent materials to try to clean it up.

STEM Activity: Water Down A String - In the STEAM activity Water Down a String, kids see water cling to and flow along a string, forming a mini water ride, thanks to cohesion and adhesion forces.