ACTIVITY - THE DRILL ON THE SPILL LEARNING ABOUT THE GULF OIL LEAK IN THE LAB
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The Drill on the Spill: Learning About the Gulf Oil Leak in the Lab - New York Times, The Learning Network 
Lesson PlanSummary
Students explore the 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil spill by accessing high quality data-based models and maps on the New York Times website. They also develop a research question about oil spills or clean-up technology and design a lab investigation to answer the question.
Concept: Humans affect the ocean
Humans affect the ocean and therefore must protect it.
Humans affect the ocean and therefore must protect it.
National Science Education Standards
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K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
Evidence, models, and explanation
Constance, change, and measurement
Evolution and equilibrium
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 B Physical Science
Motions and forces
9-12 C Life Science
Behavior of organisms
9-12 E Science and Technology
Abilities in technological design
9-12 F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Personal and community health
Natural Resources
Environmental quality
Natural and hum-induced hazards
Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges
9-12 G History and Nature of Science
Science as a human endeavor
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 6. The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected (concepts e, g)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 17 Marine Resources 17:3-13
Chapter 18 Human Pollution and the Health of the Ocean
Chapter 19 Management, Research, and the Future of an Ocean Planet 19:1-19
(click a standard to show activities that meet it)
K-12 Unifying Concepts and Processes
Systems, order, and organization
Evidence, models, and explanation
Constance, change, and measurement
Evolution and equilibrium
9-12 A Science as Inquiry
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Understandings about scientific inquiry
9-12 B Physical Science
Motions and forces
9-12 C Life Science
Behavior of organisms
9-12 E Science and Technology
Abilities in technological design
9-12 F Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
Personal and community health
Natural Resources
Environmental quality
Natural and hum-induced hazards
Science and technology in local, national, and global challenges
9-12 G History and Nature of Science
Science as a human endeavor
Ocean Literacy Essential Principles (PDF booklet): 6. The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected (concepts e, g)
Life on an Ocean Planet text reference (book link): Chapter 17 Marine Resources 17:3-13
Chapter 18 Human Pollution and the Health of the Ocean
Chapter 19 Management, Research, and the Future of an Ocean Planet 19:1-19
90+ mins
