Site clean-up
In this web quest activity, groups of students use the web links provided to study the clean-up of sites contaminated by hazardous waste. They present their findings to the class.
By the end of this activity, students should be able to:
explain how hazardous contaminants can affect the environment and/or people’s health
understand what can be done to clean up contaminated sites and some of the limitations of such methods
understand some of the social effects of industrial processes
carry out web-based research and communicate their findings to others.
Cleaning out a sludge pool
A digger removing sludge from a pool at Rotowaro Carbonisation Plant. Many industrial sites have been contaminated by toxic chemicals. Some of these sites are being cleaned up to prevent hazardous chemicals getting into the environment.
Download the Word file (see link below) for:
introduction/background notes
what you need
what to do
discussion questions
student handout.
