1. A First Grade STEM Project
Cleaning an Oil Spill
A First Grade STEM Project

2. How do oil spills happen? What can prevent oil spills?
What is an oil spill?
How do oil spills happen?
What can prevent oil spills?

3. Your Challenge
To create skimmers to clean up an oil spill simulation.

4. By the end of the project, you will be able to say…
Learn about ways that human activity impacts the environment! T
Use drawing software to make a poster encouraging others to take care of the environment! E
Design skimmers to clean up an oil spill! M
Discuss measurement of liquids!

5. The Engineering Design Process
Ask
Imagine
Plan
Create
Improve

6. What materials may we use?
Craft sticks
Cotton balls
Pipe cleaners
Foam
Felt
Paper
Netting

7. Project Schedule Week 1: -Introduce Project -Form Groups
-Begin Project Journal (Ask, Imagine, Plan)
-Begin Building
Week 2:
-Test Project
-Make Improvements
-Test Again
-Reflect