Technology
Document Camera
for Visual,
Pollution Video from YouTube,
Powtoon Website
Pedagogy
Shared Reading of an article about the life of
the Blue Crab.
Read Aloud of an
article about
water pollution.
Content
Blue Crab's life and environment.
Negative effects of water
pollution on the plants
and animals of the
Chesapeake Bay.
Post articles on a Document Camera for students to read along
Video on YouTube containing pictures of water pollution
Compare and Contrast healthy vs polluted water
Students create a Powtoon to tell the effects of pollution
The Effects of Water Pollution
Students will read two articles about a healthy animal in the Chesapeake Bay and about the effects of water pollution on a population, which will be shown on the document camera while being read.
Students will then watch a video that contains graphic pictures of what water pollution can do to plants and animals.
Class will create a Venn Diagram to Compare and Contrast a healthy environment vs. a polluted one.
Students work in groups to create a Powtoon to describe the dangers of water pollution on an animal population.
