The+Air+We+Breathe+Experiment

Before we get started, I wanted to let you guys know that in today's lesson we are going to see some graphic images that may be hard to look at. They can be sad to look at, but know that we have the power to change things.

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Today we are going to talk about pollution.



Who can tell me something they know about pollution?



Pollution is the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.



How does pollution happen?

There are natural types of pollution like when a volcano erupts..



But most of the Earth's pollution is caused by us humans.



Pollution may come from the cars we drive, this type of pollution gets into the air we breathe.





Pollution may come from us polluting our on fresh water supply by not properly disposing of certain things.







When an oil spill occurs, we pollute the ocean.

By not recyclable materials, we create waste which makes our planet look really ugly!

Sometimes the things we do affect other beings. Do you think animals can be affected by pollution?







Do you think pollution affects us? What about the water we drink? Or the air we breathe?





So what are some things we can do to help cut back on pollution?

Picking up trash is a great way to help keep Earth clean.



This sign means that it's okay to put trash in that bin.

Recycling is an excellent way to help our environment. Do we have a recycle bin in the class? What kinds of things to we put in it?





Have you ever seen one of these before? Which part is for trash? For recycling? How could you tell?

Carpooling is a great way to help cut back on the amount of pollution we release into the air.





Taking the city bus is even better!

But the best is....



What are some ways that you help Earth to stay clean?



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