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Types of Pollution – Session 3

Session 3

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Conduct this session in the schoolyard.

1. Divide the class into groups and have them look for potential pollution problems around the school and in the schoolyard.
   
2. After students have completed their investigations, discuss their discoveries. Ask students to think of solutions to the pollution problems.
   
3. Ask students to name other examples of pollution. Discuss community, city, county, state, and federal regulations that serve to limit or prevent pollution. Why do you think these rules or laws were made? What types of pollution do rules or laws not regulate? Why not?
   

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