Master list of oil spill response research bureau of safety and. Mar 24, 2017 novel oil spill cleanup technology successfully tested. The us coast guard says so far it seems that a small oil spill near the mouth of the piscataqua river has been totally cleaned up before it could reach the shore. Nontraditional response and emergency restoration projects hosted by the department of the interior, office of environmental policy and compliance may 17. See more ideas about oil spill, science and oil spill clean up.
Novel oil spill cleanup technology successfully tested. If possible, print figures 1 and 2 to show students the effects of the oil spill on the surrounding beachland. An explosion on the drilling platform caused the oil rig to begin sinking and as the oil rig sunk, millions of gallons of oil began dissipating into the gulf of mexico with no way to try and stop it. In this investigation, an oil spill is simulated in a jar to observe the damage that oil spills have on the ocean and ocean life. List of books and articles about oil pollution online.
Were creating a new category on this page today to represent the work of three teachers weve featured in the blog this summer and fall, all of whom have used the oil spill for rich inquiry projects. In the 1990s, the ceo at the time, lord john browne, set bp on a path to go beyond petroleum. Winds have sped the slick towards land, and predicted storms over. Apr 30, 2010 a massive oil spill off of the gulf of mexico has had environmentalists watching the winds in hopes that the oil wouldnt wash ashore. Practice solving realworld problems by testing oilspill cleanup methods. This area of work has now been fully absorbed into ipieca and iogp. Roma gans is an expert in early childhood education, professor emeritus of teachers college, columbia university, and cofounder and editor of the letsreadandfindout. They are trying to ban all oil exploration and drilling in canadas arctic. A massive oil spill off of the gulf of mexico has had environmentalists watching the winds in hopes that the oil wouldnt wash ashore. Oil spill steam project research, design, build an oil.
Projectbased learning and the gulf oil spill edutopia. Rather, an oil spill is defined as a discharge in cause a film or sheen upon, or discoloration of, the part 110 for more information. Christina explains to the class how they are applying the edp as they explore ways to clean up the oil spill. Judge approves settlement in bp class action suit cbs news. Try containing the oil by blocking off a small area with several pieces of the absorbent material. Besides, experimenting with oilspill cleanup techniques involves some really cool experiments. Deepwater horizon oil spill, largest marine oil spill in history, caused by. In water, class a oils disperse readily but affect aquatic life in the upper water column. And oil spill cleanup might involve any type of oilfrom the oil used in kitchens and garages to the oil traveling through big pipelines or spilled on beaches. Use this oil spill demonstration with your kids to express the importance of caring for our natural resources. Scientists still are researching the best way to clean up massive oil spills, and students can address this realworld problem.
Impress the judges at your science fair by selecting a project with an environmental twist. This is oil spill activity might get a bit messy but then again oil spills are a messy topic too. Nov 21, 2002 the oil tanker prestige broke in half and sank off the coast of spain tuesday, november 19th around 12. Class a oil is the most toxic but least persistent of all oils. The oil tanker prestige broke in half and sank off the coast of spain tuesday, november 19th around 12. The deepwater horizon oil spill is considered the worst oil spill. In this science project, you will test the absorptivity of different materials called sorbents to discover which ones are best at removing oil from water. District judge carl barbier, who gave his preliminary approval in may, made it. When this middle school student chose a science project with chemistry. If an oil spill adversely impacts an endangered species act listed species, an emergency section 7 con. The spill followed an explosion on a drilling rig leased by bp, the british oil company, and led to the release of over four million barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico, 48 miles off the coast of louisiana in the united.
Watch this video for a better understanding about how marine life is affected by oil spills. Science of oil spills sos classes help spill responders increase their understanding of oil spill science when analyzing spills and making riskbased decisions. In april 2010, the deepwater horizon oil rig exploded and sunk in the gulf of mexico. An evaluation of the efficacy of the louisiana berms project and the other oil spill response strategies used during the dwh oil spill by the staff of the oil commission found that the berms were not an effective response technology based on a costbenefit analysis. Environmental historians respond to gulf oil spill. Some other good choices are peters place by sally grindley and michael foreman, prince william by gloria rand and gulf coast oil spill.
Automatic detection algorithms of oil spill in radar. Synthetic aperture radar automatic detection algorithms sarada for oil spills conveys the pivotal tool required to fully comprehend the advanced algorithms in radar monitoring and detection of oil spills, particularly quantum computing and algorithms as a keystone to comprehending theories and algorithms behind radar imaging and detection of marine pollution. Inquiry lab operation oil spill cleanup ee in wisconsin. On land, wiping with sorbent materials, pressure washing, and raking and bulldozing can be used to assist the natural process of oil absorption environmental protection agency, 2014. In shallow water with poor circulation, and in protected bays and inlets, the acute biological effects on some organisms and habitats from high concentrations of dispersed oil may be greater than the effects of. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. A second bermrelated project involved the placement of massive berms in. Tabl e setup can vary as long as each member in each group will have accessed to the materials and do observations. Us outer continental shelf oil spill causal factors report. Talk about the significance of the oil spill, how much oil was released and the impact it had on the environment.
Bps deepwater oil spill case study analysis business ethics. Oil is alredy washing ashore on the spanish coast, cape finister from the damaged ship, the prestige. Can you make a square around the spill, without any oil escaping. Each course contained elements of offshore, shoreline and inland response, with deployments and exercises.
The gulf coast and the bp oil spill about the gulf coast the gulf of mexico is bordered by five of the united states. Oil spill causal factors unique to the arctic outer continental shelf. Have a wholeclass discussion about the methods and their possible flaws. The story of how a chain of failures, missteps, and bad decisions led to americas biggest environmental disaster. Winds have sped the slick towards land, and predicted storms over the next several days will further hamper cleanup efforts. The gulf itself covers an expanse of 600,000 square miles and has a developed a circulation pattern for the. Study demonstrates high school teaching method for oil spill. Bp, plaintiffs reach gulf oil spill settlement nett netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas u. Last year i tried an experiment simulating an oil spill, its impact on wildlife, and cleanup with my class for the first time. Try this project again using one of the other absorbents. Fourthgraders are beginning to understand issues on a global level and are at the age when they want to do something to make the world a better place.
Focus whole class investigation on one aspect of the units theme. Inspired by the oil spill cleanup challenge, a class project was developed for students in a juniorlevel fluid mechanics course to develop and implement an oilspill cleanup solution. The project required that the students devote 25 hours per week analyzing marine mammal acoustic data, creating a lab book with powerpoint. Oil spill experiment, mary austin we have all heard about the news on oil spills and the devastating effects of this on mother earth and the marine life it supports. Note that your plan must specify which materials and techniques you will use for containing. The disaster is probably the second largest oil spill in history after the lakeview gusher that occurred between 1910 and 1911 in california. Students read and study text and photographs about the 1989 spill. We provide the perfect opportunity to evaluate new designs and prototypes, and to test the efficiency of new oil spill devices against a wide range of controlled oil spills with known characteristics. Focus wholeclass investigation on one aspect of the units theme. Smallscale modeling of oil spill cleanup methods activity.
Your group also decides what aspect of oil spill cleanup to focus on. Practice solving realworld problems by testing oil spill cleanup methods. The monitoring of natural recovery processes after an oil spill without active. Presented by the office of response and restoration, emergency response division. Oil spill response technologies an ecosystem services approach. As the oil continued to leak out into the open ocean, not only sea life became endangered, human health did as well. The table below contains a master list of osrr projects. Oil spills usually refer to the release of oils into water, but of course an oil spill can take place on land as well. Melvin berger is the author of many classic lrfos, including germs make me sick. Paul rademachers blog longterm impact includes ecosystem food web gulf coast may. In the bp oil spill, more than 200 million gallons of crude oil was pumped into the.
Boats skim the sea surface removing oil from the water. In fact, the current research project is based, in part, on the experience of the 2010 deepwater horizon disaster, during which more. In june 2016, bp issued its final estimate of the cost of the spill, the largest in u. The prestige oil spill occurred off the coast of galicia, spain, caused by the sinking of the 26 year old structurally deficient oil tanker mv prestige in november 2002, carrying 77,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. Disaster deepwater horizon deepwater horizon oil spill bp oil spill occurred in 2042010 crude oil spilled into the ocean through 3 major cracks 8. From 1991 to 1996, approximately 17 percent of the petroleum products transported over u. Fate and behavior of oil spilled in the environment. The weather, unfortunately, is failing to cooperate. Oil spill cleanup experiment little bins for little hands. If the oil soaks into the soil, the effects will be long lasting. You can also check out this simple ocean pollution activity for younger kids. A pipe from the rig was leaking oil and gas on the ocean floor off the coast of louisiana. For years, the sustainability community has praised bp as bestinclass. Approximately 44 percent was moved by barge and 56 percent by tanker.
Take a life science or environmental science unit to the next level with this oil spill steam project. They concluded that the scope and scale of the berms proposed were far too. Deepwater horizon oil spill lessons learned workshop. Slowly pour the motor oil into the clear container of water.
How many times have students drawn a blank when confronted with the freedom to study anything they want for a school project. Often, it is helpful to have students mess about with information before you ask them to brainstorm. Name class date operation oil spill cleanup continued part iidevising a plan 6. Oil from bp spill pushed onto shelf off tampa bay by underwater currents. Of course, even if subsurface dispersant application does keep more oil below the surface.
In this environment worksheet, students explore the effects of the exxon valdez oil spill. Aug 27, 2010 environmental historians respond to gulf oil spill. The deepwater horizon oil spill is considered the worst oil spill in u. Aug 03, 2010 the disaster is probably the second largest oil spill in history after the lakeview gusher that occurred between 1910 and 1911 in california. Effectiveness remains a major issue with oil spill dispersants. This project teaches students about oil, its impact on the environment and the various engineering techniques utilized to clean it up. It is also bordered by mexico and is the location of cuba.
Choose segments that deal with the oil spill, the harm. Committees or the local fire department for spills with the potential to harm people off site. The gulf study, or gulf longterm followup study, is a fiveyear research project examining the humanhealth consequences of the deepwater horizon oil spill in april 2010. It is important to recognize that many factors influence dispersant effectiveness, including oil composition, sea energy, state of oil weathering, the type of dispersant used and the amount applied, temperature, and salinity of the water. Science fair projects for 4th graders on oil spills synonym. But we, who do not get to witness these effects on a first hand basis, do not understand the degree of impact of such incidents. During a storm, it burst a tank on november, and sank on november 19, 2002, about miles 210 km from the coast of galicia. While spills can take place quickly, as when a ship sinks, or a leak occurs in a pipeline, the cleanup can be a long term project.
An oil covered beach, resulting from the exxon valdez oil spill. Oil spills damage our oceans and the plants and animals that live in the oceans and along the shores. Bp has been widely criticized for its management of the disaster, this post analyzes bps sequence of media statements to determine. Datacollection, surveillance, and research methodologies. For a class of 24 students, divide the class into six groups each with 4 members. Can nanotechnology help clean up oil spills in oceans and seas. The british petroleum oil spill made history on april 20, 2010.
Part of the problem of dealing with oil spills is that the oil can be challenging to clean up. Florida, alabama, mississippi, louisiana, and texas. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. A history teacher uses the oil spill for a student design.
Managing your environmental responsibilities section v. The efforts to address leak can be treated as a project. Bps project management of the deepwater disaster strategic ppm. Simulate an oil spill cleanup national geographic society. Compare the absorptivity of different sorbents used for cleaning up an oil spill in. It was amazing on all counts, easy to execute, and used household items to make realworld ecological issues come to life in the classroom. Hse now article new study shows deepwater horizon oil spill. Although i generally use a more distantly historic event, because of the uniqueness and enormity of the oil spill, i used it as the whole class investigation topic. For years, the sustainability community has praised bp as bestin class. The um rosenstiel schoolled research team combine oiltransport. After students have tested all of the materialsboth before and after dispersants were.
The gulf oil spill in the classroom the new york times. Place one of the absorbent items into the container of water, moving it around to soak up the spill. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers, offshore platforms, drilling. Access the students prior knowledge of oil and how it is transported by allowing a few minutes of discussion.
Work with the other members of your group to devise a plan for cleaning up an oil spill based on the results of the materials you tested. On april 20, 2010, the gigantic drilling rig deepwater horizon blew up in the gulf of mexico, killing eleven crew members and causing a massive eruption of oil from bps macondo well. Find exxon valdez oil spill lesson plans and teaching resources. Teaching with infographics a student project model. Pdf on april 20, 2010, the deepwater horizon oilrig sank in the gulf of mexico, resulting in an oil spill of 4. Class a oil is light and fluid, spreads quickly when spilled and has a strong odor. But evidence is mounting that five years after millions of gallons of oil spilled into the gulf, wildlife there is still struggling to rebound.
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