In this lab, students will learn how engineers from different disciplines work together to monitor and clean up sites that have become contaminated by pollutants. Using the engineering design process, students will model an oil spill and conduct experiments using different clean up techniques they learn about in the lab.
Students will:
- Analyze real-world problems and use critical thinking skills in order to solve them
- Understand what contaminated sites are and how remediation is used to clean them up
- Provide examples of contaminated sites stories
- Understand the environmental impacts of contaminants
- Model an oil spill and clean it up using various remediation methods and technologies
- Design and construct small scale models of remediation technologies
- Collect and analyze data
- Explain the engineering process as it pertains to their design
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Lab time commitment
100-120 minutes
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Lab materials
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Live Q&A session and wrap up with
College Students & Professional Engineers
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Lab Intro Videos
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Teacher Guide
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Student Workbook
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Abbreviated Student Worksheet
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Engineer’s Presentation
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ViewMeet the lab intro host
Carla MacQuarrie
Environmental Engineer
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