Conduct
this session in the classroom.
- Arrange students into the same groups as in Session
1, and make sure
they have their
Pollution
Cards (PDF; also available in
a Word file) from the previous session. Tell
them to review their work and discuss solutions to and alternatives for
the polluting actions depicted on their cards.
- Ask each group to
share their solutions with the class.
- As in Session 1, direct the
groups to draw pictures illustrating their solutions and alternatives.
Tell them to write sentences describing the illustration and glue
the sentences onto the drawing.
- Cut the long piece of blue bulletin
board
paper in half lengthwise. Fold it “accordion-style” with
each folded section large enough for a piece of construction
paper to be attached. The blue paper will represent a river flowing
into
the Chesapeake Bay.
- Next, staple together the two drawings for
each Pollution Card so that the drawing of the problem covers
the drawing
of the solution/alternative. Staple across the top so that the
top drawing can be lifted to reveal the solution/alternative.
Then, attach
each of the stapled pairs of drawings onto a section of the blue
paper (between the folds).
- Point out to students that the finished
construction
represents a river flowing to the Bay with many occurrences of
pollution along the river’s course. Discuss the effects
on the Bay of such pollution. Then discuss the possible results
if
all the solutions
and
alternatives were put into place.
- After displaying the “river” on
a bulletin board, again fold it “accordion-style,” and
staple one side to bind it as an oversized book. You may choose
to have students make a cover and an “About the Authors” page.
Then, allow students to take turns borrowing the book to take
home.
Next:
Session 3
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