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River Rouge Rescue - Project Activities

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We have been studying how important the local Rouge River is to the Metro Detroit area and our neighborhood. We must all work to restore the water quality in the Rouge River to a level sufficient to provide a safe and healthy environment for ourselves and future generations.

1. Please read and complete the following Web activities at the Rouge River Web Site:

A. "Water Pollution", Read the selection and answer the following questions by click on the button next to the appropriate answer:

a. All water pollution comes from industry and business dumping chemicals into the water.
True or False
b. Water can become polluted from lawn fertilizers and enter the Rouge River through small streams and ditches or storm drains in our neighborhoods.
True or False
B. "Where do you live?", Print the map and circle where you live.
C. "Wetlands: Nature's Wonder", Print and complete the crossword puzzle.
D. "Household Hazardous Waste", Print and circle the words.
E. "Rouge River Wildlife", Print and complete the picture.
F. "River Rouge Fish", Print and unscramble the letters.
G. "Storm Drains: It's a Direct Connection", Print and complete the maze.

2. Please read about a small town: "When Greenville turned Brown".
Please answer the following questions by typing in your reponses.

A. What caused Greenville to turn brown?

B. Whom did the townspeople call for help and what did they do to help?

C. What happened to the factory?


3. What forms of pollution can you identify in this picture? Visit the
site and return to fill in the form below. Click here to view picture.

**Note: Please remember that to receive credit for any part of the above completed activities, you must print the appropriate page with your answers. Next, place the printed page in the appropriate box on the teacher's desk.

Created for the Fermilab LInC program sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office, Friends of Fermilab, United States Department of Energy, Illinois State Board of Education, and North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium (NCRTEC) which is operated by North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL).

 

Author(s): Cheryl Earnley Dove, dovec@mail.resa.net
School: South Redford School District, Redford, Michigan, 48239
Created: May 8, 1998 - Updated: June 6, 1998
URL: /lincon/w98/projects/cdove/student2.html