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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse

Contaminants in the Water Cycle

Lesson Description:
Students will

describe the water cycle
answer questions about the EPA's list of water contaminants
sketch fictitious towns, showing the water cycle, contaminants and their sources, and the health effects of these contaminants
write paragraphs recommending where a citizen's group should focus its energies to improve their town's water quality

Lesson Type:

Sustainability Topic:

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Time Needed:
Two to three hours

Standards Addressed:

Connections to the curriculum:
- geography
- earth science
connections to the national geography standards:
- standard 7: "the physical processes that shape the patterns of earth's surface"
- standard 14: "how human actions modify the physical environment"
geographic skills:
- acquiring geographic information
- organizing geographic information
- answering geographic questions
- analyzing geographic information

Materials Needed:

Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Geographic

School or Group:
National Geographic

Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org

Notes:
Http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g912/tgsouhegan.html

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