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Types of Pollution

What are the different types of water pollution?


Time Required: Three 45-minute sessions

Objectives
Students will

  • differentiate between the four types of water pollution (i.e., toxic, sediment, nutrient, and bacterial)
  • classify examples of pollution, using a Venn diagram, and graph the number of examples of each type
  • infer the effects of certain decisions and actions on the animals and plants of watershed habitats
  • learn why there are rules and laws regulating the release of pollution into water
  • devise alternatives and solutions to pollution problems.
Related Standards of Learning
  Science
  3.1.j; 3.7.d;
4.1.a; 4.5.f; 4.8.a; 4.8.b;
5.7.e; 5.7.f;
6.5.f; 6.5.g; 6.7.a; 6.7.f
  
  Mathematics
  3.22;
4.20;
5.18;
6.18.a
  
  English
  3.1; 3.2; 3.4; 3.8; 3.10; 3.11;
4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.7.a; 4.7.b; 4.7.c; 4.7.d; 4.7.e;
5.1; 5.7; 5.8;
6.2; 6.5; 6.6
  
  History & Social Science
  3.9; 3.10;
VS.1.b; VS.1.d; VS.1.h; VS.1.i;
USI.1.e; USI.1.f;
USII.1.f; USII.2.b; USII.8.b

Materials
  For each group:
  • 2 pieces of paper and drawing materials

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Types of Pollution” includes:
 · Background
 · Session 1
 · Session 2
 · Session 3
 · Classroom Assessment Suggestions
 · Extensions for Students
 
· Resources

 · Pollution Cards (PDF; also available in a Word file)
 · Pollution Cards Answer Key (PDF; also available in a Word file)

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