Oil Spill Guiding Questions:

1) What is crude oil?

2) What is the density of water?
3) What are the properties of crude oil?
4) How might viscosity/density of oil affect the ocean?
5) What water crafts exist to clean oil?
6) How affective are dams against oil?
7) Who were responsible for the oil spill? What should happen to them?
8) What object is less dense than crude oil but more dense than sea water?
9) How much will it cost to repair?
10) How much oil has spilled?
11) What is an oil tanker? How much can it hold?
12) How might crude oil affect wild life?
13) How many people are involved in the clean up?
14) How long will it take to clean up?
15) What was the main reason for the spill and how can it be prevented?
16) What the is spread ratio of crude oil?
17) What are the consequences of having crude oil in the ocean?
18) What materials will help a tanker/boat float?
19) How can we repair a sunken boat?
20) How do you save and clean wild life from oil?
21) What is the most effective way to clean oil?
22) What tools/materials are needed to repair the boat?
23) How many people are impacted by oil spills? How will it change their lives?
24) Where can those people go if the oil reaches them?
25) How have people contained oil in the past?
26) How long did it take for past spills to be contained?
27) How can you protect animals from oil spill?
28) What materials are used in making oil tankers?
29) What is currently being done to prevent oil spills?
30) How can an oil spill impact the lives of people living along the coast?