TAILIEUCHUNG - WATER POLLUTION Educator Guide A resource for using QUEST video, audio, blogs and maps in the classroom

Water pollution is the contamination of water resources by harmful wastes or toxins. This type of pollution can be dangerous to animals and plant populations in and around lakes, rivers, polluted groundwater areas or oceans, and can pose major problems for humans as well. Although natural phenomena, such as volcanoes and algae blooms, can create drastic changes in water quality, water is typically deemed polluted only when impaired by human contaminants. There are many possible causes of water pollution, but the primary ones are generally lumped into two categories: point source and non-point source pollutants. Point source. | WATER POLLUTION Educator Guide A resource for using QUEST video audio blogs and maps in the classroom QUEST SUBJECTS QUEST MEDIA FOR TEACHING ABOUT WATER POLLUTION Life Biology Science Health Environment Earth Geology Science Weather Astronomy Physical Physics Science Chemistry Engineering CA SCIENCE STANDARDS Grade 5 Earth Sciences 3. e the origin of water used by local communities Grade 6 Ecology 5. b Matter transfers between organisms in food webs and between organisms and their environment. Resources 6. b renewable and nonrenewable resources Grades 9-12 Ecology 6. b analyzing changes in an ecosystem California Geology 9. c the importance of water to society the origins of California s fresh water and the relationship between supply and need Read and comment on the blogs for these stories by clicking on the story link and clicking on the blog post link below the video audio. Watch Mercury in the Bay Part 1 http quest television view 855 Did you know that mercury extracts gold out of rock Mercury mined during the gold rush has left a toxic legacy in California particularly in the San Francisco Bay where the metal is still found in its mud and fish. Listen to Mercury in the Bay Part 2 http quest radio mercury-in-the-bay--part-2 QUEST discusses the problem of mercury in San Francisco Bay with local fisherman at the Berkeley Marina a leading doctor who diagnoses fish fog mercury poisoning in her patients and a Bay ecologist who studies the ways mercury affects human life. Listen to Sea of Plastic http quest radio sea-of-plastic Where do our used plastic cups packaging and other plastic products go Quite possibly into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean QUEST reporter David Gorn finds out why some California cities and counties are looking to limit the amount of plastic waste produced in their area. Listen to Drugs in Our Drinking Water http quest radio drugs-in-our-drinking-water Trace amounts of .

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