Environmental Science: Oil Cleanup
- Grades K-2
- Grades 3-5
Dive into environmental science with this hands-on eco-adventure! Learn how oil affects the ocean, then simulate an oil spill of your own and rescue the cute critters. Plus, step into the shoes of real-life wildlife rescuers and environmental engineers as you follow their story in the illustrated instruction booklet.
Academic Standards
- 2-PS1-1: Matter and Its Interactions
Why it’s awesome
Wildlife rescue
Cute critters to rescue with fabric fur and feathers to clean.
Hands-on engineering
Build, test, and repeat to create a clean-up solution.
Splashy science
Explore oil-and-water chemistry with different clean-up tools.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Ocean health
Oil chemistry
Wildlife rescue
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“I was inspired by the workers who tackle real-life oil spills with science and engineering, and I wanted to help kids connect with those problem solvers through a series of fun experiments!”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
1000
Milliters of oil cleaned during kid testing
25
Wood animals rescued
Many!
Different boom configurations
Reviews
5.0
12 reviews
Customer images
Elaine
10/19/2022
Great little kit :) I like that this can be used again and again with simple household ingredients
Jamie
06/01/2022
My son loves this so much, even I have fun playing with this with. High quality items, very inspiring to children to spark care and love of the animals and the environment. So much fun with a great message!
Jennifer
10/07/2021
My six-year-old grandson loved this kit! We had a lot of fun with the experiments and the booklet was excellent. We did a little research on the recent oil spill in California so it was good timing. With just a few modifications I was able to use it with the three-year-old that I nanny. He loved it as well. This is a kit we’re going to use a lot in the future.
Friederike
10/02/2021
Our daughters enjoyed this activity a lot. They are very interested in environmental science and loved to learn about both wildlife rescue as well as environmental engineering.
Josephine
07/31/2021
What a GREAT teaching. My 3 year old grandson was washing the little animal after the oil compromised his little body! Kiwi company is WONDERFUL at every level. Customer service like no other! Crates are amazing! I send 5 a month to grandchildren from 1-11
Elizabeth
06/08/2021
Luckily I bought two. My 4 yr old grandchild loved the oiling and washing of animals and mixing color, but this interfered with her 9 yr old brother's desire to follow the experiments. As a former Env. Sci. major and teacher, I loved everything about the activity.