Students should be given the opportunity to critically assess the modern classroom and compile information and statistics on the types and levels of pollution in these areas. Students should be presented with articles which describe various forms of workspace pollution. Students may brainstorm the topic of workspace pollution before considering the articles. Articles can be dealt with in small groups and then the information gleaned from each article can be shared with the other groups by means of the Jigsaw method. Students can be sent to access the types and levels of pollution found in the school.
Students can prepare a report on their findings.
As the final step in the activity, students can develop and attempt to implement solutions to the polluting situations that they have discovered, and they should report on the success of this implementation. Such awareness can be the end result of this activity, thereby making the students themselves responsible for the creation of a knowledge base to pass on to future classes through the teacher. One period can be allotted to a class discussion on workspace pollution based on news articles, as well as brainstorming possible attacks and the formation of workgroups. A second period can be used for the accumulation and presentation of data and solutions to pollution problems identified in the previous class. Resources Comeau, Pauline.