Students representing hot spots will put their skull disks into their lake. Removing the water disks represents water use. Skull disks represent the amount of pollution in each lake. Compare the relative numbers of water drop disks left in each lake to the number of skull disks in each lake. Mingle Adapted to EIF format from The Great Lakes in My World.
Oil spills are a serious threat to water environments.
The idea that oil and water do not mix is very abstract for a young student. This game may help the student visualize the mixing of oil and water and understand that oil spills do not generally go away by themselves. Give the rest of the students at least one black circle. These will identify who is going to be oil and who is water. Then the students should pin or stick their circle on with tape.