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Ocean In A Bottle
4th/5th Afterschool STEM Enrichment
Unit essential questions:
Lesson question:
Lesson objective:
Students will hypothesize what happens when oil and water mix.
Students will apply their knowledge of oil and water to an oil spills affect on an ocean
environment.
Assessment:
Students will complete a comprehension questions review worksheet to show that they
have a full understanding of the material covered.
Students will complete a prediction chart that shows their knowledge of oil and water
before the experiment and what actually happened after the experiment.
In the next class students will complete a concept map to show their retained knowledge
on the topic of oil spills and the ocean.
Andrea Claire
Cuba
Lesson Plan
Opening:
Procedure:
Students will be given a packet with everything they need to complete the activity,
including an instruction sheet for the experiment.
Each student will receive a bottle and one at a time students will go to the bathroom to
measure 2 cups of water into their bottles using a measuring cup and funnel. While each
student is doing this the others will complete their prediction chart.
As the students return with the water have them add a few drops of blue food coloring
into their water.
Once each student has 2 cups of blue water in their bottle, the teacher will then have
each student measure and pour 1 cup of oil slowly into their bottle.
Have the students set their bottle on the table until every student has all the materials in
their bottle.
Then instruct the students to complete the experiment by making waves with their bottle.
Be sure the bottles are tightly closed before this.
After the students make waves and explore what happens when oil and water mixes, have
the students finish the prediction chart by recording what happened.
Then, have students complete the real world connections sheet which is brainstorming
how this experiment connects to the real world.
Discuss the ideas the students came up with.
Have students clear the table and make sure bottles are tightly closed, set bottles on the
floor.
Have students take out their iPads and go to YouTube. Have them watch
http://youtube/yhOkwNJIMxY an educational video on oil spills.
Have a discussion on the video and what the students took from it. (student lead)
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Cuba
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Under Pressure activity-Chloes Center (Lesson Plan Attached)
Ocean in a Bottle-My Center
Closure:
Have the students complete the comprehension questions worksheet at the end of their
packet.
Hand out evaluation of activity to students and have them complete and turn in.
Materials:
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Ocean In A Bottle
Prediction
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Ocean In A Bottle
Directions: Follow the step by step directions to
create your ocean in a bottle.
1.Rinse out your 2 liter bottle with warm water.
2.Measure 2 cups of water and pour into the bottle
using the funnel.
3.Add no more than 5 drops of blue food coloring
to the water. Shake lightly to mix. The water
should be a deep blue color, but still be
transparent.
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Cuba
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Ocean In A Bottle
Connection to the Real World:
Brainstorm
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How does
the ocean
in a bottle
connect to
the real
world?
Ocean In A Bottle
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Cuba
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Name: __________________
Date:_________________
Ocean In A Bottle
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Cuba
Lesson Plan
Ocean In A Bottle
4th/5th Afterschool STEM Enrichment
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Cuba
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