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People Cause Pollution

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Students investigate the effects of industry on natural features. They discuss the industrial revolution, and create a drawing of a river with one half illustrating pre-industrial revolution time, and the other half representing the conditions as a result of the industrial revolution.

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pollution, the industrial revolution

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industrial revolution, pollution, science
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Grade
5th - 7th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
1998

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