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- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students Identify 2 or more pollutants in a bog, marsh, stream or other wetland area and relate a pollution prevention message through words and art. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate water pollution at a web site and apply it toward a group presentation. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students examine how to conserve water. They also discover how to prevent water pollution. They examine the Earth's water distribution as well. Full Review »
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- 1st - 5th
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Students can recognize that pollutants affect water quality. They can discuss how a surface pollutant can be removed from water and recognize the importance of keeping water clean. In the junior primary, students investigate how water pollution affects plant life, in middle primary, investigate problems and solutions associated with oil pollution and in upper primary, identify causes of water degradation. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students investigate possible water pollution sources within their neighborhood. They complete a checklist of possible pollution sources around their home and neighborhood,and design community outreach information about the pollution sources and prevention. 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 study urban runoff. They identify the urban runoff in a simulated area and determine peak flows using charted data. Finally, they discuss possible causes of the differences in flow rates. 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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- 5th
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Students observe and record what happens when household products are added to a tank of water to depict water pollution. They brainstorm ideas of how to clean the contaminate out of the water before watching demonstrations of screening, sedimentation, filtration, and chemical treatment. Finally, they record what occurs, and discuss facts about the expense and time consumption involved in cleaning contaminated water. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine what contaminated water looks like, and how it becomes polluted. They examine a teacher demonstration of water is not polluted but does contain rocks and other things that do need to be cleaned out before drinking it. Next they evaluate different ways to clean water such as screening, sedimentation, filtration, and chemical treatment while working in small groups. Full Review »

