Three Activities: Environmental Disasters & Response

This 6-page resource, provided by the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC), features three activities centered on Emergency Response Plans to oil spills. Included are lesson plans for each activity, assignments, timeframes, and materials needed.

The activities are titled:

• Design an Ideal Emergency Response Plan to an Oil Spill in a Local Water Body
• Predict the effects of the hypothetical oil spill on the local community and environment
• Find and critique the local Emergency Response Plan

The goals of each activity include:

• To build students' knowledge and skills about releases of polluting materials into the environment
• To apply knowledge and skill in the community context