To demonstrate what happens in an oil spill, fill a glass bottle two-thirds full of water.
Students have to try to clean up an oil spill before it pollutes the ocean, animals, and shoreline.
Let each team of three to four students choose two or three different clean-up materials to test. Have students make a plan for how they will use each material, then test it. Discuss why their efforts worked or didn't work. Make a diagram or list of the life in a marine environment near you. Discuss how the weather affects clean-up efforts.