Google Drive - Oil Spill Challenge - Earth Day - Special Education - STEM

Nowadays, hearing about oil spills in our oceans is unfortunately an all too common occurrence. Help create meaningful lessons out of real world events with this amazing, hands-on STEM themed lesson. 

In honor of Earth Day, I decided it was important to save some trees so I thought it would be pretty fitting to offer a DIGITAL version of this lesson!

Google Drive is an amazing resource that many educators are now using as an interface to support 1:1 digital instruction in the classroom. I pair it up with Google Classroom (a free website) that allows me to digitally send each student in my class a copy of the worksheets that they later submit to me for grading. It is an amazing paper-free process and the kids LOVE working on these worksheets on the computer.

Although initially designed for special education students, any teacher looking to incorporate some STEM into their teaching would benefit from the use of visuals and step by step learning provided. Each step is documented with REAL pictures so students can follow along on their own! Vocabulary is introduced in a visual way and then reinforced multiple times throughout the lesson.

With this download, students will learn how to replicate a crude oil spill in the ocean and then try various strategies to minimize it from spreading. This is a HUGE hit in my classroom and I am sure it will in yours too!

Purchase Includes GOOGLE DRIVE Access To:

- Supplies page with picture lists

- Vocabulary with picture supports

- Step by step picture examples for the experiment

- Guided questions and responses along the way

- 16 comprehension questions students can complete afterward

- Oil spill sketch activity (only optional printing activity)