Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Backyard Buddies
Overview
Using a hands-on model
enviroscape of a residential area, students will discover how we can affect the groundwater and
surface water in our environment through non-environmentally friendly practices in our own backyards.
Students also learn the problems of contamination, how to prevent pollution problems in our own
backyards and more environmentally friendly practices to help keep our water supplies safe from
contamination.
Curriculum Link
Earth and Space Systems, Grade 4 (Rocks and Minerals)
Determine the advantages and disadvantages of human alteration of the landscape (S.E)
Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Investigate the interdependence among plants, animals, and their specific habitats (O.E.)
Describe ways in which humans interact with habitats and the effects of these interactions on the
communities within (O.E.)
Identify various factors (e.g. availability of water)that affect plants and animals in a specific
habitat (S.E)
Life Systems, Grade 5 (Human Organ Systems)
Explain how human health is affected by environmental factors (O.E.)
Earth and Space Systems, Grade 5 (Conservation of Energy and Resources)
Evaluate ways in which humans use energy and resources, the immediate and long-term effects of these uses on society and the environment, and the necessity for conservation of energy and natural resources (O.E)