The+Solution+to+Ocean+Pollution

== = How Could Your Summer Vacation be Affected by Beach Pollution? = = A Sixth Grade Science Web Quest =

Scenario
It is summer time and you are heading to the New Jersey shore for a vacation at Ocean City. You hear your parents talking about how the beach was closed the previous week because of pollution. You really don't understand how pollution could affect the beach or your vacation. This web quest will help you understand the problem of beach pollution.

With your group, you are responsible to thoroughly answer each question. Create a Microsoft Word Document to record your answers. Click on each of the links below the numbered questions to search for your answers. Once your group has become experts on beach pollution, your group will work together on the final activity to help teach others about beach pollution and to clean it up!!!



[|Click here to find out about beach pollution]
 * 1. What type of pollution would you find at a beach?** **Select and list three natural causes and three human causes of beach pollution.**

[|Click here to learn from the Australian government the effect of stormwater runoff on beach pollution]
 * 2.** **How does rainfall affect the amount of beach pollution?**

[|Click here to learn about the Beach Act]
 * 3. How does the government of the United States try to protect us from pollution?**

[|Click here to find out about testing of beach water]
 * 4. Why does the state of New Jersey close a beach?**

[|Click here to have the Natural Resources Defense Council help you to answer this question]
 * 5. What would happen to me if I swam in contaminated water?**

[|Click here to find out why the Jersey Shore is at risk]
 * 6. What type of pollution has affected Ocean City in the past?** **Should you be concerned about the possibility of beach pollution during your vacation? Why?**

[|Click here to use Google Image search to find your pictures]
 * 7. Find two pictures of examples of types of pollution that you think might affect an Ocean City beach. List the website page titles and URLs on your worksheet.**


 * 8. What can you do to stop ocean pollution at your beach?**
 * Click to find out information from** [|Greenpeace] **and the** [|NRDC] **website to find out how you can help.**



**__Final Activity__**

 * Your group will create a brochure using Microsoft Publisher to educate your classmates about ocean pollution**. **You must select the most important information that you have learned to share with your classmates.** **Use your brochure to share the information you found about each of the eight questions. Don't forget to include the 2 pictures you selected in your brochure.**

Resources for informational websites:  http://app1.semarnat.gob.mx/playas/ver_ingles/protege01.shtml www.surfrider.org/stateofthebeach/05-sr/state.asp?zone=ma&state=nj&cat=wq www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/sumnewj.pdf http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/qttw.asp#3 www.environmentnewjersey.org/clean-water/save-the-shore http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/beach/bwsob0607/bwar06072.pdf http://images.google.com/imghp http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/qttw.asp#10 http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/the-expedition/news/trashing-our-oceans#whatyoucando

Resources for pictures:  allaboutbeachfrontproperties.com http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-3357287-beach-pollution-2.php  www.goldenstateimages.com