OIL SPILLS

Oil spills into rivers and oceans are devastating for the plant and wild life that come anywhere near it. The best way to understand how and why oil is so damaging to aquatic environments is to see how oil interacts with water for yourself. In this next resource, you will be building your own river and polluting it with some oil – think about why oil reacts the way it does with water, watch how it moves in the water and have a close look at what it does to the animal and plant life it comes in contact with.