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Micro:bit: Oil Spill Cleaner Upper
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Micro:bits Coding
Grade 7 - 9
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Summary
Oil spills do untold damage to eco-systems. A new material can absorb up to 90 times its own weight in spilled oil and then be squeezed out like a sponge and reused, raising hopes for easier clean-up of oil spill sites. The challenge for the students: A group of marine scientists have asked you to develop an algorithm that could be used on a boat drone to drag around a sheet of this smart material to clean up an oil spill.