Cause & Effects of Water Pollution There are 3 major sectors of society that cause water pollution ….. What are they?

Cause & Effects of Water Pollution

There are 3 major sectors of society that cause water pollution ….. What are they?

Industry –

• What pollutants does this create?– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________

Agriculture –• What pollutants does this create?– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________

Household –• What pollutants does this create?– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________– _________________

Create a Venn Diagram• From the list, fill in similarities for all areas• Add each word into one area of the Venn diagram• A=Industry• B=Agriculture• C= Household

Water Pollution Venn Diagram

Assignment: (6 groups)

• Groups will be: – Wastewater pollution– Gas production & oil spills– Mining– Pesticides– Marine dumping– Industrial Wastes

For your group:

• Create a poster or pamphlet that can be displayed in the hallway… make it pretty!

• Use the fact sheet provided and the picture links too. You can add your own if you like

• Each poster will:– Identify the source of the pollution– Which sector of society causes it– How common it is– Have lots of pictures

Presentations

• Each group will present their poster to the class

• These will be extremely short presentations• Posters will be displayed in the hallway