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Preparation time: 15 min
Teaching time: 40 min

What do you know about pollution? Knowledge harvest

In this activity, students will write down what they already know about pollution before sharing their ideas within a small group, identifying similarities and differences between their ideas. They will share ideas as a class, addressing any misconceptions. Students will then learn what pollution is, and their ideas will be displayed.

Format

  • Discussion
  • Group work
  • Individual work

Age

  • 9-11

What

The possible connections with your curriculum

  • Design
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Geography
  • Healthy Lifestyle
  • Language

Who

The people who take up the teacher role

  • School students
  • Teacher

Where

The locations where learning takes place

  • Classroom

With

The community stakeholders to collaborate with

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Ready for action?

Resources

Tangible Resources

Pen, paper

Preparation

Definition of pollution, background research.

Goals, messages & concepts

Specific goals

  • The students will discuss what they already know about pollution.
  • The students will understand what pollution is and where it can be found.

Specific messages

  • Even though you may not be able to see it, pollution is all around us.
  • There are different types of pollution.

Main terms

  • air pollution

Practices & skills

STEM practices

  • Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
  • Asking questions and defining problems

Soft skills

  • Dealing with uncertainty
  • Learning failure is a part of learning
  • Teamwork and collaboration

Management skills

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Course of activity

step 1

Students will individually write down what they already know about pollution.

step 2

They will then be divided into small groups and share their ideas. In their groups they will look at if there are similarities and differences between their ideas, and whether they agree or disagree with each other.

step 3

A group list of ideas will then be made and then shared and compared as a class, addressing any misconceptions. Students will then learn what pollution is, and then their ideas will be displayed.