eter's+Place+Reinforcing+Activity

=Peter's Place Reinforcing 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

__**Objective:**__ Students will be able to identify the effects of an oil spill on wildlife and the effect of human activity on the planet by reading the story // Peter's Place // and doing an experimenting what happens after an oil spill.

__**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. Have students try to clean the feather without soap since birds don't use soap. 11. 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. 12. Have them fill out the rest of the handout 13. Discuss how events like the oil spill could affect their future planet 14. Discuss what changes they think should be made to protect the environment. How can they help?