Make Some Water Pollution: Take Home Activity Bring Some Pollution From Home Each person will draw a slip of paper with a type of pollution on it, bring your pollution from home tomorrow
Lesson 5: Make Your Own Water Pollution
Students will experiment with different types of water pollution to see first hand how pollution affects water. Students will begin to develop an understanding of the economic impact of water pollution. Students will develop a water filter diagram to demonstrate the difficulties associated with cleaning polluted water.
Exercise in Creating Water Pollution
Exercise in Filtering Water Pollution
Making Your Own Pollution: Questions
Lesson 6: To Filter or Not to Filter
Group Packages
Price Tags for Filter Materials
Price tags for filter materials for Lesson 6 of Operation Water Pollution. Price tags for 2 litre pop bottle, 1 cup fine sand, 1 cup coarse sand, 1 cup fine gravel, 1 cup coarse gravel, 1 cup activated carbon, 1 cotton ball/piece of cotton batting, 1 piece of cheese cloth/coffee filter, 1 rubber band, and 1 clear cup.
Teacher Discussion Questions for Exercise in Filtering Polluted Water
1. Was there any difference in the water for each group before it was filtered?
Yes there was: the urban communities rely on having good source water (fairly clean, little to no contaminants). The rural and aboriginal communities often get what the urban communities don’t want and therefore they often have poor quality source water.
