| Theme: | Water Protection |
| Location: | Baseball Diamond (Hill Beside) |
| Map #: | 15 |
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Purpose
Students learn about water pollution by pretending to be water drops moving through various parts of a watershed.
Key Messages
- Water flows in a continuous cycle
- Water may pick up a variety of contaminants along the cycle
- We must do our part to prevent water contamination
Ontario Curriculum Connections
Science and Technology- Understanding Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
- analyze the positive and negative impacts of human interaction with natural habitats and communities, taking different perspectives into account, and evaluate ways of minimizing the negative impacts
- identify factors (e.g. availability of water or food, amount of light, type of weather) that affect the ability of plants and animals to survive in a specific habitat
- describe structural adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive in specific habitats
- Understanding Earth and Space Systems, Grade 5 (Conservation of Energy and Resources)
- analyze the long-term impacts on society and the environment of human uses of energy and natural resources, and suggest ways to reduce these impacts
