Water Pollution

Sources (litter, oil, too much fertilizer) and effects on fish, birds, and plants.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 47

Water pollution happens when trash, oil, or chemicals get into creeks, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Rain washes litter from streets into storm drains, which empty into creeks!
Oil coats birds' feathers so they can't fly or stay warm. Sea turtles can mistake floating plastic bags for jellyfish.
Too much fertilizer washing into a river makes too much algae grow, and fish can't get enough oxygen.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S3L2.a — Ask questions to collect information and create records of sources and effects of pollution on the plants and animals.