Objective: The student will develop a graph that represents the Connecticut power plants hazardous pollutants and emissions.
Materials: graph paper, Environmental Protection Agency Report of Connecticut's filthy five power plants.
Teach: The students are encouraged to view the data from The Toxics Action Center, federal Environmental Protection Agency 1998 Report. Determine what information to include and organizing the data. Students are to make a line or bar graphs to represent the information. Then they will discuss the data means and how the graph can help understand the information presented.
Guided Practice: As a class determine the labels for the axis, scale, and key.
Independent Practice: The student will use the information provided to complete the assignment. Students may work in groups of 2-3. The students will determine which of the plants are the worst and provide the criteria used to validate their answer.
Closure: Using the graph explain as briefly as possible what does this mean to you and the quality of air you breathe.
