TEL Activity - Pollution

STEP I

    1.  Write a statement that sums up what you think about pollution.

    2.  What can you do to help prevent pollution?

STEP II

Go to the Tennessee Electronic Library and click on the Junior Edition 2003 - Sep 2006.

Click the Advanced search button.  Select the title search button from the drop-down menu.

Type in  Water, Water Everywhere.  Select the article:  Water, Water Everywhere  (preventing water borne diseases) Rich Johnson. Outdoor Life Oct 2006 v213 i9 p26 (836 words)

Answer the questions below.

    1.  What happened to Oliver Johnson?

    2.  As you look at the article and read under the headings "Prevention", what is one simple

       way to prevent humans from getting sick from untreated water illnesses?

Return to the title search and type in Mercury Pollution.  Select the article:   Mercury Pollution greater than thought. UPI NewsTrack Sept 19, 2006 pNA (180 words)

    1.  What does mercury do to:

        a.  fish:

        b.  birds:

        c.  mammals:

Return to the title search and type in Philadelphia mayor.  Select the article:   Philadelphia Mayor Street Delivers Historic Win for Right to Breath Clean Air. US Newswire Sept 14, 2006 pNA (640 words)

    1.  Name some findings from the Surgeon General.

STEP III

You have read 3 articles from the Tennessee Electronic Library on pollution.  Is your opinion on pollution the same?  Write a statement that summarizes your opinion.