Pollution in the United States

Lake and Rivers Pollution

Welcome to our site on pollution! Here you can find links to help you learn about pollution. For students there are links to cool web sites, book lists, and information about how you can help clean up our environment. For teachers there are links to informational sites, book lists, and lesson plan links. Take a look around and enjoy our site!

Learn About What YOU Can Do To Help!

The EPA is our government's Environmental Protection Agency. It is designed to keep us safe from things in the environment that could hurt us or make us sick. They watch large companies who sometimes don't think about how they are hurting the environment. This link is great for learning more about what they do to help, what you can do to help, and how laws have changed to protect our planet. Link over to play games, check your knowledge, understand conservation, and play activities.

CAUSES OF POLLUTION:

  • Garbage/Landfills
  • Factories
  • Oil Spills
  • Medical Waste
  • Exhaust from Vehicles
  • Recyclable Resources being Thrown Out

 

Standards covered by this site

 USA- ISTE: Profiles for Technology Literate Students (includes NETS for Students)
Grade : Grades 3-5

Numbers in parentheses following each performance indicator refer to the standards category to which the performance is linked. The categories are:
1. Basic operations and concepts
2. Social, ethical, and human issues
3. Technology productivity tools
4. Technology communications tools
5. Technology research tools
6. Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools

Performance Objective 1:  Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively. (1)

Performance Objective 2:  Discuss common uses of technology in daily life and the advantages and disadvantages those uses provide. (1, 2)

Performance Objective 3:  Discuss basic issues related to responsible use of technology and information and describe personal consequences of inappropriate use. (2)

Performance Objective 4:  Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, remediate skill deficits, and facilitate learning throughout the curriculum. (3)

Performance Objective 6:  Use telecommunications efficiently to access remote information, communicate with others in support of direct and independent learning, and pursue personal interests. (4)

Performance Objective 7:  Use telecommunications and online resources (e.g., e-mail, online discussions, Web environments) to participate in collaborative problem-solving activities for the purpose of developing solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (4, 5)

Performance Objective 8:  Use technology resources (e.g., calculators, data collection probes, videos, educational software) for problem solving, self-directed learning, and extended learning activities. (5, 6)

Performance Objective 10:  Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources. (6)

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Created by Jennifer Peterson and Renee Peddie

Last Updated on
August 7, 2007

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