"Environmental education is crucial in shaping the child’s attitude, empathy, behaviour and
responsibility towards the environment"
The workshop on “Air and water pollution” held on December, 13, 2023, at Mother Divine Public
School was a very pleasant experience for both the children and teachers. Students gained
background knowledge of the basic sources of air pollution alongwith the overview of how air and
water pollution affects our health and our environment. They enthusiastically participated in hands
on demonstrations to witness how actually pollution is caused. They witnessed how we can save our environment through few demonstrations like they were shown different colors of trash bins and their uses were shared like What is the use of green bin, black bin and blue bin. They were also taught why is it important to throw the garbage in the bin and how it saves us from different diseases. How dirty water from factories pollutes our rivers. They were shown how air gets polluted by burning garbage, how smoke from factories makes air unhealthy to breathe and they were able to correlate that their school got closed due to poor air quality, smog. These replies from the children showcased their learning and enhanced knowledge.
Few activities showcasing the uses of air were also done where children were able to understand
the importance of air, why is it important to us. They enjoyed blowing candles, they had fun
making bubbles and some even blown balloons to tell that air is there but we cannot see it and later
they had a real fun bursting those balloons. These activities and experiments aroused their curiosity which made the event more fruitful for them as they were able to see and learn. Overall this event helped in building awareness, knowledge in them, nurtured empathy and respect towards environment, encouraged sense of responsibility towards nature , fostered critical thinking skills and promoted health and well-being of all.
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