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