Oil-Munching Mini-Monsters
Students will learn about oil-eating bacteria. They will determine the best environmental conditions necessary for oil digestion.
Students will learn about oil-eating bacteria. They will determine the best environmental conditions necessary for oil digestion.
In 2010, the BP Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon exploded releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Many physical ocean characteristics can effect the flow of the oil. In this activity students will look at the surface winds of 2 buoys in the Gulf of Mexico and graph the data.
Over the course of this project, students will be expected to collaborate and share collected data with classroom communities to create a final product that interprets possible connections on the impact of marine life and the human and natural communities in the gulf; cost of clean-up efforts and who will bear the burden of the […]