Oct 04

Green Way to Clean up Oil Spill

My 8th graders found that BP could have used hay to clean up much of the oil spill without putting any dispersants or dispersed oil in the water.

We saw the following YouTube video:

Here is our class’ response video where we tested their idea for ourselves:

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Alfonso Gonzalez

I teach 5th and 6th grade STEM in the lovely Pacific Northwest in a small, rural town called Chimacum. My goal is to help students discover that all learning is life-long and that 21st century tools can be used for work as well as fun.

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