Fill a container up with water and pour a small amount of cooking oil into the container.
1.) What do you notice about the oil?
2.) Where does the oil go and what does it do?

Now take a popsicle stick and dip it into the water and oil to represent a marine animal accidentally swimming througfh an oil spill.
3.) Describe how the popsicle stick looks and feels.

Now, try to clean off the popsicle stick by dipping it into a glass of water.
4.) Does the oil come off?

Add dish washing soap like dish liquid to your glass of water.Dip the stick in the glass again to try to clean it off.
5.) Does the oil come off?