Micro-Organisms in the Gulf of Mexico

Categories: Micro Organisms, Natural Disaster, Water Quality
Organization Name: 
Mountain Brook Elementary
Location: 
Alabama
Grade/Ages: 
Lessons appropriate for grades 5-12
Teacher: 
Melinda Storey
Classroom/Project team/names: 
Margaret
Email address: 
STOREYM [at] mtnbrook [dot] k12 [dot] al [dot] us
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The purpose of the experiment was to determine if and how microbes eat oil, which the class was able to do with quantifiable results. Through the experiment the students also learned about the effects on the food chain from vast quantities of oil on the ocean floor.