eter's+Place+Reenforcing+Activity

=Peter's Place - Reenforcing classroom activity=



Materials - One feather per student - Plastic or paper cups - Vegetable oil - Brown food coloring - Water - Hand soap - Oil Spill handout - Projection system connected to a computer with the internet

Objectives: - Students will understand the effects of an oil spill on wildlife - Students will understand the effect of human nature on the planet

Procedure: 1. Read Peter’s Place out loud to the class. 2. Ask the students if they know the effects of an oil spill 3. Show pictures of the effects of the BP oil spill. I recommend using: [] 4. Discuss the pictures of birds covered in oil. 5. Pass out one feather per student 6. Pass out a cup of water and a cup of vegetable oil that has been died brown with food coloring to represent oil. 7. Have students dip the feather in the water and record on their handout what the feather feels like and looks like. 8. Have students dip the feather in the brown vegetable oil and record on their handout the changes. 9. Discuss how a bird would be affected if all of its feathers were covered in oil. Have them record their ideas on their handout. 10. Pass out hand soap for students to use to attempt to clean the feathers. Have them record what the process was like and some challenges they would have if they were cleaning birds in the wild. 11. Have them fill out the rest of the handout 12. Discuss how events like the oil spill could affect their future planet 13. Discuss what changes they think should be made to protect the environment. How can they help?