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Pollutants in Your Environment - Digital Learning Kit

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Pollutants in Your Environment - Digital Learning Kit

Telephone poles and electric towers in the foreground and a hazy skyline with multiple stacks releasing pollution into a golden sky in the background.

The National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) is a registry managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) that keeps annual records of quantities of over 300 pollutants released to air, water and land, and disposed of and/or transferred by Canadian commercial and institutional facilities that meet certain criteria.  This digital activity guide is intended to be used by secondary school teachers to explore pollution release in Canada as well as to highlight the uses and limits of such a database.

To support teachers and students through this learning experience, this activity kit includes:

  • A guide for educators and introductory presentation slides
  • A link to a NPRI student dashboard created in Tableau and available on the Tableau public website (link below) - a simplification of the NPRI Data Search Tool
  • Curriculum connections (included in the guide for educators)
  • Student handouts (included in the guide for educators)

Guide for Educators

Presentation slides (Powerpoint)

NPRI Student Dashboard

Associated Activities

These associated activities, included all together in the guide for educators, can be used individually alongside their related student handouts.

In the foreground garbage can be seen floating on calm water. The background is a green forest at the water's edge.

Part I – Pollutant Destinies

Students will explore how various pollutant “destinies” (release, disposal, transfer) vary based on the facility releasing them.

  • Activity 1.1 – Pollution vs Waste 
  • Activity 1.2 – What types of facilities report to the NPRI?
  • Activity 1.3 - Introduction to the NPRI
  • Activity 1.4 - Introduction to Pollutant Destiny
  • Activity 1.5 - Pollution Destiny Glossary
  • Activity 1.6 – Does a pollutants destiny change based on which type of facility is releasing it?

Part 1 (PDF)

Student Handout - Activity 1.6 (Word doc)

A distant skyline with some buildings and four smoke stacks with smoke pollution being released into an orange sky.

Part 2 From Local to National - A picture of pollutant release in Canada

Students delve into NPRI data to explore the distribution of pollutant release in Canada over time. 

  • Activity 2.1 – Who is releasing pollutants in our community? 
  • Activity 2.2 - To recycle or Not to Recycle
  • Activity 2.3 - Accidental Releases

Part 2 (PDF)

Student Handout - Activity 2.1 (Word doc)

From a view far above a yellow excavator dumping grey dust into a yellow dump truck.  Two long thin conveyor belts can also be seen releasing grey dust onto the ground.

Part 3 Social, political and economic factors

Students explore various social, political and economic factors that may play a role in determining a company’s choice of location for their facilities.

  • Activity 3.1 - Geographical factors - Why are pollutant-releasing facilities where they are?
  • Activity 3.2 - Can pollutants released further away affect our water?

Part 3 (PDF)

Student Handout - Activity 3.2 (Word doc)

Four people, in an office setting, are gathered around a table looking at laptop screens. Three people are seated and the fourth is leaning on the table. A decorative bookcase is in the background.

Part 4 Careers within the NPRI team of ECCC

This section deals with careers within the NPRI team at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).

Part 4 (PDF)

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