🌎How to Clean Up an Oil Spill — A Hands-On Activity on Water Pollution

Use this experiment booklet to support your pollution lesson plans. This resource can guide your students through a fun experiment on water pollution that they can even try at home with their families. In this science experiment, students will create an oil spill and determine the best way to clean it up. They will also investigate the effects of crude oil on the environment and wildlife in the area.

This printable water pollution activity book guides students through the experiment, having them organise and record their observations and hypotheses throughout the activity. It includes a materials list, data recording sheets, and a reading passage to help students complete the experiment. Students will complete the following tasks.

• Create and/or cause an oil spill. 
• Identify materials and resources that will/will not prove effective in cleaning up oily products.
• Observe and attempt to remove oil from the environment in different ways.
• Observe the effect of water pollution and oil spills on wildlife.

Through this activity on water pollution, students will show how to analyse, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations using experimental and observational testing.

This is a great Earth Day science lesson!

Easily Prepare This Ocean Pollution Experiment / Water Pollution Activity for Your Students

Use the Download button to download the PDF or Google Slides version of the ocean pollution experiment booklet. Print, copy, and prep your experiment materials in advance! We recommend printing each student or group of students a Water Pollution Activity Book. This experiment works well in small groups of 3-4 students.