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Remove Pollutants from Water
Students examine how to remove pollutants from water to create clean water. In this boiling water lesson plan students complete a lab activity that purifies water.
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Pounds of Pollution
Students examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year. In this air pollution lesson plan students complete an activity and make calculations.
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Effects of organic material and nutrient pollution
Learners create a definition of eutrophication. In this organic material lesson students work together to create a storyline.
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A Delicate Balance
Students complete an activity to help them understand the Earth's delicate balance. In this Earth instructional activity, students will draw and discuss the ways the Earth's atmosphere can be harmed. Students will then participate in a...
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Ocean Pollution
Students study their role in eliminating ocean pollution and helping keep the oceans clean. In this environmental issues instructional activity, students define pollution and brainstorm examples of ocean pollution. Students define...
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The Beach
In this natural environment worksheet, students cut out ways litter affects the beach environment. Students draw pictures in the boxes to match. Students then draw their favorite beach activity and list the things they can do at the beach.
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B is for Bulldozer
In this pollution worksheet, students read the sentences 'Bulldozers remove polluted dirt,' and 'B is for Bulldozer.' Students may color the picture of the bulldozer.
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EPA Environmental Protection Agency
In this environmental protection worksheet, students read the sentence 'The Environmental Protection Agency helps clean up pollution across the United States. Students then read and may color the phrase 'E is for Environmental Protection...
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G is for Groundwater
In this groundwater learning exercise, students read the sentences 'Groundwater is beneath the soil,' and 'G is for Groundwater.' Students may color the picture of the groundwater image.
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D is for Dump
In this pollution worksheet, students read the sentences 'Don't dump pollution in the water,' and 'D .' Students may color the picture of the no dumping image.
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Maintaining a Healthy Environment
In this healthy environment worksheet, students describe different types of pollutants in the environment including smog, acid rain, and ozone. This worksheet has 1 drawing and 5 short answer questions.
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What Threatens the Survival of Species?
In this species survival worksheet, students brainstorm different examples of what threatens the survival of species. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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How Do People Change the Environment?
In this environmental changes worksheet, students will read statements about things people do. Then students will fill in the blank of 4 statements that describe the effect those actions have on changing the environment.
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MicroBiology Chp 1
In this biology activity, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms found in Microbiology. There are 42 words located in the puzzle.
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Local Environmental Issues: Pollution
Third graders discuss the ways in which human interaction with the environment and production of waste products contribute to pollution. Through a pollution demonstration, they explain how various groups of plants and animals can be...
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Air Quality: Everyone's Responsibility
Young scholars identify and interpret the causes of air pollution in their local community. They collect and analyze data to identify pollutants in the air and seek solutions to eliminate the contaminants in the atmosphere. Finally,...
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Collecting S.O.C.K.S
Students participate in the Collection S.O.C.K.S program to protect their local watersheds. Using the socks, they plant new plants and trees around the watershed in order to protect it for future use. They also perform in a skit that...
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Water Pollution
Fifth graders 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...
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Save Our Soil
Students gain an understanding of the small amount of soil available to sustain humans on earth and complete an appropriate graph or chart from their collected data. They locate some of the countries they have heard about where people do...
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Dirty Water
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...
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You are the Microbiologist
In this lesson, learners demonstrate comprehension of basic lab techniques by properly using these techniques in preparing a laboratory investigation, demonstrate synthesis of prior lab experiences by solving a new problem using those...
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Mass Transit
Learners explore the world of mass transit and how it affects their community as well as how it attempts to reduce our pollution mass. Included as well are the environmental and social factors relating to mass transit. They read and...
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It's All in the Air
Students examine air quality. They test the air for visible pollutants by observing jars for one week and compare and contrast the data they collect. After comparing and contrasting the data, they graph the results of pollution...
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Is Your Water Clean?
Students conduct tests of water samples from different sources, such as a local river, tap water, and an irrigation ditch. After determining which pollutants are present in each sample, students hypothesize the possible sources of the...