Pollution Worksheet

A brief text frames pollution as contamination that can affect different parts of the environment. Learners inspect each pictured action and write how it could adversely affect air, water, or land rather than merely naming the scene. The response format combines visual interpretation with environmental cause-and-effect reasoning. Teachers can use the distinctions among the three environmental areas to prompt discussion about where an effect begins and what may be impacted afterward.

Grades: Grades 2–5
File type: PDF
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Updated Aug 30, 2021

Subject: Earth Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Science
Topic: Environments
Resource types: Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation: Print ready

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This Pollution Worksheet is a great way for students to learn about ways they can help the environment. By writing about examples of pollution, they will develop a better understanding of how to be good citizens. This resource is perfect for teachers who want to help their students learn more about environmental issues.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Identify an action that may contribute to pollution
Explain a possible environmental effect in writing
Differentiate impacts involving air, water, and land

Teaching tips

Ask learners to name the affected environmental area before drafting each explanation.
Use because language to connect the pictured action with its proposed effect.

Skills covered

Environmental literacy — pollution is considered across air, water, and land.
Cause and effect — actions are connected with possible harm.
Evidence-based writing — pictures support short explanations.

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Core concepts

Pollution
Environmental effects
Air water and land

Topics

Environments

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