Lesson Plan

Grades 6-8

¿Quién contaminó el Potomac? (Who Polluted the Potomac?)

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30 minutes

SUBJECTS: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies

TOPICS: Water Pollution

Resource Overview

Through an interactive story, students experience the pollution of a local river over time and propose methods to protect the river from current and future pollution.

Students will be able to:
  • List three pollutants that can impact rivers.
  • Draw connections between individual actions and the pollution of a watershed.
  • Develop strategies for minimizing and counteracting water pollution.
  • Explain how population growth impacts the health of our nation’s rivers.
Elementary and middle school students take part in an interactive story about river pollution

Features of This Resource

  • Lesson plan and story are in Spanish
  • Powerful imagery
  • Students use a local example to explore global impacts


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