Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Poisonous Pollution
Overview
Using a hands-on enviroscape model of an industrial area, students will discover what hazardous substances are, where they come from and their effects on the environment. Students also learn the problems of hazardous waste contamination and how to clean up and prevent hazardous wastes from adversely affecting the environment.
Curriculum Link
Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of habitat and community, and identify the factors that could affect habitats and communities of plants and animals (O.E.)
Describe advantages and disadvantages of human interactions within habitats and food chains (S.E.)
Describe structural adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive in specific habitats (S.E.)
Identify various factors that affect plants and animals in a specific habitat (S.E.)
Describe ways in which humans interact with habitats and the effects of these interactions on the communities within (S.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.)
Heritage and Citizenship, Grade 4 (Medieval Times)
Compare aspects of life in a medieval community and their own community (S.E.)
Life Systems, Grade 5 (Human Organ Systems)
Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to the health of organ systems and the impact of these factors on personal and public health (O.E.)
Explain how human health is affected by environmental factors (S.E.)
Matter and Energy, Grade 5 (Properties of and Changes in Matter)
Describe the properties of materials that make them useful in everyday products and discuss the environmental impact of this production, use, and disposal of these materials (S.E)