How Does Water Become Polluted? Helping Elementary Students Learn How to Prevent Pollution

Authors

Kelsey Bentzinger, King Elementary and Perkins Academy, Des Moines, Iowa
Lindsey Thilges, Northeast Elementary, Ankeny, Iowa
Ken Vacek, Terrace Elementary, Ankeny, Iowa

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Through making observations of mixing various items with water, students develop ideas about how pollution happens. The cumulative effect of what happens when many people add only “a little something” to the water provides students with a concrete representation of what can happen in their own communities. Students complete the lesson by determining what they can do to prevent pollution from happening in their own communities. This activity promotes National Science Education Content Standards A, B, and F, and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Publication Date

Fall 2010

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

37

Issue

3

First Page

18

Last Page

23

Copyright

© Copyright 2010 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bentzinger, Kelsey; Thilges, Lindsey; and Vacek, Ken (2010) "How Does Water Become Polluted? Helping Elementary Students Learn How to Prevent Pollution," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 37: No. 3, Article 6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol37/iss3/6