Lesson Description:
Students will be able to ... 

• Describe litter; explain how litter moves and its connection to water pollution.
• Identify ways humans can help improve the environment by preventing litter.
• Differentiate between point source and non-point source pollution.
• Make observations and draw conclusions about a litter related event. 

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Lesson Type:

• Other

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Sustainability Topic:

• Waste Reduction

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GEF Program Category:

• Waste Reduction Challenge

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Standards Addressed:
Technology Standard 3: Understand the relationship among science, technology, society and
the individual.

• Benchmark # 3: Know that man-made materials, products, and systems can affect the

environment adversely, yet there are things that can be done to circumvent this process (e.g., disposing of waste properly).

Science Standard 10: Understand force and motion.

• Benchmark # 3; Know that the position of an object can be described by locating it relative
• to another object or the background.
• Benchmark # 5: Know things move in many different ways (e.g., straight line, circular motion).

Science Standard 12: Understand the nature of scientific inquiry.

• Benchmark # 1: Know learning can come from careful observation and simple experiments.

Health Standard 2: Know environmental and external factors that affect individual and community
health.

• Benchmark # 1: Know the sources and causes of pollution in the community.

Language Arts Standard 2: Use stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing.

• Benchmark # 1: Use descriptive words to convey basic ideas.
• Benchmark # 2: Use declarative and interrogative sentences in written compositions.

Language Arts Standard 6: Use reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary text.

• Benchmark # 1: Use reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of familiar literary

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Lesson Documents:
When Litter Becomes Harmful.Lesson.pdf

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Lesson Documents:
Dangers of Plastics to Marine Life.pdf

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Lesson Documents:
Where Litter Ends Up.Flow Chart.pdf

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