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Life Skills Activity

Make a list and paste the pictures of things or activities on a chart paper that can help in
reducing pollution.

Research and Development

The Ganges is one of the sacred rivers of India. It gets polluted due to domestic activities like
bathing and laundry. It also gets polluted by dumping waste from industries. But now our

government has started a scheme named Namami Gange to clean it. Collect information about
what steps are taken by the government under Namami Gange.

Field Trip

• Visit a village with your teacher and notice which activities of the villagers cause pollution.
You can also tell them the harmful effects of these activities on our environment and also the

ways by which they can help in reducing pollution.
• Visit an industry with your teacher and see how they treat the waste before releasing it into the

water bodies.

Net Work

• To learn how to make pollution catcher log on to https://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=9uVdi-3AqRE
• To attempt a quiz on pollution, visit http://www.softschools.com/
quizzes/science/pollution_and_conservation/quiz809.html

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