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Understanding Groundwater & the Effects of Pollution Lesson PlanUnderstanding Groundwater & the Effects of Pollution Lesson Plan
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Understanding Groundwater & the Effects of Pollution

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Middle schoolers complete a unit on the effects of pollution on our water supply. They create a graph to examine the density of earth's land surface, round the population to the nearest hundred million place, participate in a population/pollution demonstration, and graph their trash output.

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groundwater, population growth, population

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groundwater, pollution and water, population growth, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2002

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