Curated OER
Wheeling and Dealing NPS Wheel
A collection of three worksheets create a "Wheeling and Dealing NPS Wheel" when properly cut out and fastened together, This activity would be perfect when used with any study of how our water sources get polluted.
Curated OER
Get to the Point!
Students write out sources of pollution and identify contaminants are most likely found in urban runoff. In this pollution lesson students compare toxicity tests and chemical analysis of potential contaminants.
Curated OER
Know Your Watershed
Students investigate the importance and the location of their own watershed by visiting and EPA website and also work in groups to create an action plan on how to protect their local watershed.
NOAA
Noaa: National Ocean Service Education: Nonpoint Source Pollution
Illustrated tutorial explains nonpoint source pollution and its role in the health of the environment. Students learn about different sources of pollution and how these pollutants contaminate the land, air, and water. Click on the links...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Introduction to Water Chemistry
Learners are presented with examples of the types of problems that environmental engineers solve, specifically focusing on water quality issues. Topics include the importance of clean water, the scarcity of fresh water, tap water...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Polluted Runoff: Nonpoint Source (Nps) Pollution
EPA site offers answers to what nonpoint source pollution is as well as provides links and information as to what concerned citizens can do about it.
NOAA
Noaa: It All Runs Down Hill [Pdf]
Read how freshwater moving across the surface of the Earth can become polluted and bad for the environment. Create a model that shows how water can become polluted as it flows downhill.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Water Pollution
Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. The sources of water pollution are categorized as being a point source or a non-source point of pollution....
Other
How to smile.org: Store Water Runoff Pollution
A demonstration that shows students how water systems are connected and the concept of non-point source pollution. Also it allows students to see how pollution on their playground could affect larger water supplies.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Oil Spill the Rest of the Story
Watch this report on the BP oil spill of 2010, one of the most devastating oil spills in the history of the United States. Learn about not only the effects of a point source pollution event like the oil spill, but also about the many...