Watersheds and Non-Point Source Pollution
Not all pollution flows from factory waste pipes. Your students will learn how a watershed works and how the water quality is affected by a wide variety of human activities.
- NY7.1e: The environment may contain dangerous levels of substances that are harmful.
- PA4.1.7B: Understand the role of a watershed.
Electricity Footprint
Students will understand what uses electricity in their homes, the environmental effects of electricity use, and how to lower electricity use in the home.
- NY: Standard 4: The Living Environment
7.2d . . . human activities have resulted in major pollution of air water and soil. . . The survival of living things on our planet depends on the conservation and protection of Earth’s resources - PA: EE 4.8.7 A.1 Explain how people use natural resources in their environment.
