Lesson 5: Pollution
Getting Started
Questions to Explore
- How do humans change the environment?
- What types of changes are negative?
- How can negative change be prevented?
Facts and Definitions
- Water pollution occurs when harmful substances are dumped into a water source such as a river or the ocean.
- Air pollution occurs when harmful substances are released into the air.
- Recycle means to reuse materials.
Skills
- Analyze the effects of change in communities and predict future changes. (SS)
- Analyze environmental issues, past and present, and determine their impact on different cultures. (SS)
- Explain a problem and identify a task and solution related to the problem. (S)
Materials
- crayons or colored pencils
- glue
- note cards
- scissors
Introduction
Review examples of ways that people change the environment. Ask your child if he can think of any ways that people harm the environment. Pollution is the release of harmful substances or products into the environment. Ask your child if he knows of any ways that the environment is polluted.
Trash is one way humans pollute the environment. Air pollution occurs when harmful substances are released into the air. Water pollution occurs when harmful substances are dumped into a water source such as a river or the ocean.
Trash is one way humans pollute the environment. Air pollution occurs when harmful substances are released into the air. Water pollution occurs when harmful substances are dumped into a water source such as a river or the ocean.