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- 5th
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Students play a game in which they list as many environmental issues or terms in alphabetical order. They brainstorm ways they can save the environment and create a mural that displayed research found from the internet and Encarta. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to identify different ways to remove pollutants from water. They design and build their own water filters. They discover how engineers develop better water filters to help the environment. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students have to decide what decisions they make and if they are good for water or not. They also learn about contaminants and how they enter the water stream and their effects. Finally, students learn about the water cycle as well. At the overall conclusion of the lesson the student should be able to write five things they could do to help stop nonpoint source pollution. There is also a fun crossword for the kids to complete. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students make an island that has a construction site on it. They spill siulated pollution and trash on top of the island and then water it to simulate rain. They will observe how the rain washes dirt, sand, and pollution off the island and into the simulated ocean. They then use different methods to try and clean it up. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students write at least two ways to clean the water and two ways to prevent pollution with appropriate guesses, striving not to create any more pollution in the water. They understand how pollution affects water as well as the rest of the environment and then review the lesson with class discussion. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students possible sources of water pollution, and explain the effects that water pollution can have on the food on the food chain. They Name human and other animal (i.e. fish) illnesses that can be contracted from drinking polluted water, as well as what these illnesses can do to a person or other animal. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students map and calculate the area of the school parking lot and then the volume of water falling on the school parking lot. They map the route surface runoff will take to the nearest water body and describe the roles that human activity and runoff play in urban nonpoint source pollution. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students list and describe three types of surface water pollutants. They observe the effects of various water pollutants on algae growth. Three causes of each surface water pollutant is listed. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students, through a case study of actual water sources in Washington State, identify major sources of aquatic pollution. They also categorize pollutants, make inferences about the effects of pollutants on the environment and construct bar and line graphs to compare their water testing data. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct research to investigate the toxicity of water samples collected around the local area. They explore how pollution affects the survival of living organisms. Groups of students perform experiments with onion root to determine pollution levels in local water. Full Review »
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