Participants take turns adding pollutants to a gallon jar of water (which symbolizes a local body of water) as the facilitator reads a story about water pollution.
|Hints for uses in your library||The story within this activity guide focuses on the Metro Boston Region and the Boston Harbor; however, the story can be easily modified to focus on a body of water near you.|
How Much Water is on Earth? Space Place in a Snap!
4H: Upstream (Part 1)
4-H: Downstream (Part 2)
|Originating Source||US Environmental Protection Agency|
[Suggest a book]
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water by Roger Canavan
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss
Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder
These Seas Count! by Alison Formento
Riparia's River by Michael J. Caduto
Try This at Home: Planet-Friendly Projects for Kids from the Editors of Owl Magazine
Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers
Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work
Engineer Academy, by Steve Martin and Nastia Sleptsova