HELP SAVE THE OCEAN

YOUR PROBLEM

The ocean is suffering from an oil spill and the animals need
your help to be rehomed in a clean, safe environment.

Your Task Specifications:

• Remove animals from their current environment and

ensure they are cleaned from any toxic materials

• Create a new environment that is safe and clean for the

animals

• Use resources and imagination to clean the polluted water

to make it safe to use again

GENERATING AND DESIGNING KEY QUESTIONS

Begin by removing any animals from polluted What is wrong with the current water?
environment. Use the materials and resources How can we clean the polluted water?
provided to clean animals and create a new
environment. How will you clean the animals?

Completed during Week 4 Lesson 1.
Work in pairs as a team to complete this
project.
What does your new environment need to look
like?
How can we clean the animals from the
polluted substances?

PRESENTATION:
MATERIALS PROVIDED: You will be given half an hour during a lesson
Plastic tub Toothbrush Blue Dye to complete this task.

Water Soap Sand You will need to present your created

environment to the class and talk through what
Bucket Extra tubs
you did to help save your animal and give one
reason why clean ocean water is important.
 EVALUATION:

Are my animals safe in the new environment?

Did I clean all the animals?
Did I clean the polluted water?
o What worked best to do this?
Is the environment suitable for the animals? How do you know
what sort of environment it requires?
What should we do if we come across dirty water somewhere?
How can we help to prevent this happening again?