Types of Pollution

Summary
This lesson introduces students to pollution.

Objectives
• To be able to describe what pollution is.

• To be able to know the different types of pollution.

• To be able to list the sources and the effects for the different types of pollution.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade

Excerpt
Pollution is when the land, the air, water, or anywhere on earth gets contaminated. Contamination means that something is dirty, grimy, and impure. All the different types of pollution on our earth that are caused by humans are contaminating the environment and not making it fit for use or at least they are decreasing the efficiency of it. Pollution can be found everywhere on the globe, even in the Polar Regions. Pollution destroys and harms not only the air, the water, and the environment, but also humans, animals, and plants. Pollution affects us all.

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