How to Protect the Environment? Pesticides

Pesticides

Pesticides are widely used in the modern agriculture system. Most of the developed countries are using tones of pesticides on yearly basis for the production of different types of agricultural products. On one had that pesticides can keep crops and vegetables secure from the threat of pests, on the other hand, it has become a matter of concern to the environment and health protection agencies throughout the globe about the negative effects of pesticides on human beings and their surrounding environment.

Definition and introduction to the pesticides: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/index.htm

This is the link for the United States Environmental Protection Agency in which provides accurate and reliable information on pesticides. This page covers a broad range of topics on pesticides such as the difference between pesticides and pests, household products that contain pesticides, the risks and benefits of pesticides, pesticide control devices, and other related topics. Overall, a very informative page on getting introduced to the pesticides.

Natural News webpage: http://www.naturalnews.com/pesticides.html

This website offers a gigantic amount of information related to the pesticides in the form of research studies, experiments, interviews, and reports which are conducted by different institutions on the negative effects of pesticides.

Pesticides as water pollutants: http://www.fao.org/docrep/w2598e/w2598e07.htm

This link is apparently a chapter of a book in the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) website which discusses the historical development of pesticides as well as its effects, management, and control.

Using Pesticides safely: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/safely.htm

This link gets you to the website of the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) which provides several valuable documents/reports on securing yourself from the pesticides. The reports which are in the pdf formats, offer precautious and essential information on controlling pests and pesticides, protecting household, protecting pets, protecting kids, as well as protecting garden.

Citizen’s Guide to Pest Control and Pesticide Safety: http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/Publications/Cit_Guide/citguide.pdf

This pdf book provides a huge amount of information on pesticide that can help students grab a thorough understanding of pesticides.

Activity

Household Chemicals:

http://extension.psu.edu/ipm/schools/educators/curriculum/homegarden/householdchem

The above link is an activity for students to understand about the risks of using pesticides and chemicals that are provided in detail.

How to Protect the Environment? Air Pollution

Air Pollution

Air pollution has become much of concern to the industrial countries as well as those countries who struggle with the population growth.  Air pollution is caused by many factors in the world in which we live. All human beings have the right to get benefit of the clean weather which is crucial to their health and well-being. Air pollution is caused by different factors in which we will provide information below.

Air Quality Basics: http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/AQBasics/index.cfm

This website provides essential information on the importance of air quality and its effects on our environment.

 

Causes of air pollution

Sources of Air Pollution: http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/AQBasics/sources.cfm

This website has good information on the sources of air pollution and the types of pollution in the parks. It also discusses several core topics related to the air pollution.

Effects of Air Pollution on environment: http://www.mass.gov/dep/air/aq/env_effects.htm

This is the official website of the Massachusetts Department of Environment Protection (MassDep) which provides accurate information on diverse issues related to the air pollution. The above link specifically guides students to understand about the different environmental effects of the air pollution that can be very helpful to the students to understand about the possible threats of air pollution in their surrounding environment.

Ways to Prevent Air Pollution: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ways-to-prevent-air-pollution.html

The above link not only discusses the causes and effects of the water pollution, but it also provides valuable ideas on how to prevent air pollution.

http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/peg/reduce.html

The above webpage is a series of recommendations which is offered on the reduction of air pollution by the United States Environment Protection Agency (EPA) official webpage.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/air_pdf/cleanair10.pdf

This pdf document from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provides 10 easy steps of clean air which helps students to gain an understanding of how they can contribute to the clean air by following these steps.

 

 Effective methods of air pollution control: http://www.enviro-news.com/article/which_air_pollution_control_method_is_most_effective.html

This website offers the day to day effective air pollution control methods that can help students to understand which methods are effective to minimize the risk of air pollution by the big industries.

Activity 1-2

Activity 1

In this activity, students will undertake an experiment in which they will investigate the exhaust emissions, class car use, and air pollution.

Guide to the teacher:

The link below will explain in detail all required steps regarding that the instructor needs on guiding students to conduct the experiment.

http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Enviro-imprints/Teaching-and-Learning-Approaches/Air-pollution-activities

Activity 2

In the second activity, students will be discussing the possible placement of a factory in their community or in their nearby areas and will discuss its effects on the air quality.

Directions: This activity is based on a 5e model in which the instructor can make required changes to make it more effective for the students.

http://www.uni.edu/storm/downloads/middleschool/Factories%20-%20Friends%20or%20Foes.pdf