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I Don't Pollute...Do I?
Using a tabletop watershed model, students see how a watershed develops, the kinds of pollution we create, and what we can do to minimize that pollution. Includes map of the school's watershed. 50 minutes
Classroom presentation
Students will be able to: identify at least 3 activities that contribute to water pollution and alternatives to those activites; explain what a watershed is; explain how runoff can affect salmon; and give one reason why there is more runoff when we develop land than before.
By Grades
Elementary (grades K-5)
High School (grades 9-12)
preK-12 school group, Youth Group (scouts, after school programs, Campfire, 4-H, day camps), Family, Community Group (adults focused on a specific community), Homeschool
watershed, impervious surface, water pollution, runoff, stormwater, salmon
EALRs: Communication: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; Science: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2; SS-History: 1.1, 2.1, 2.2; SS-Geography: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2; SS-Economics: 1.1, 1.2.
http://www.kitsapgov.com/sswm/pdf/sswm_7103_classroom.pdf
Free
Kitsap County
Puget Sound (Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson, Clallam, Island, San Juan)
All of Washington
Earth Science, Economy, Land Use, Water, Wildlife, Aquatic/fresh Water Systems, Wetlands