The prerequisite knowledge needed for this simulation consists of your students being able to identify the independent and dependent variables, justify why they chose what they did, graph the data points, and decide which variation model will best fit the given real-world situation. Students can estimate the time it will take for an oil spill to reach a specific area based on the radius increasing at a constant rate.
Many technicians respond to oil spills.
You are a pollution control technician that has been called to respond to an oil spill that has occurred in Citgo s area. The circular oil spill is getting larger and larger as time goes on. The materials manager will gather all the materials required to complete the simulation. Continue this process by adding an additional drop of oil with each successive towel. The recorder should construct a table that represents the data points.