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- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate air and water pollution, and the conservation of natural resources. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 8th
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Students list causes of water pollution, discuss how people contribute to water pollution, and explain concept of watershed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the causes of water pollution and its effects on the environment through the use of models and scientific investigation. In the accompanying activities, they investigate filtration and aeration processes as they are used for removing pollutants from water. Additionally, students explore the role of engineers in water treatment systems. 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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- 5th - 12th
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Students identify point and nonpoint sources of pollution. Using a contour map, they discover clues about watersheds and water quality and graph given data sets. They compare and contrast their local water quality with that of the nation's standards. In groups, they create a list on ways to reduce pollution. 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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- 3rd
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Students examine the effects of water pollution by participating in a story. After reading the story, they determine the best way to get rid of the pollution in a river using different objects. In groups, they complete a worksheet outlining their plan and sharing it with the class. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students investigate how humans pollute the water supply with a number of different contaminates. While working in small groups they examine screening, sedimentation, filtration, and chemical treatments as methods of water treatment. Full Review »
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