Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Love Canal-A Man Made Disaster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch a "Waste Management" Power Point as well as a "Love Canal" PowerPoint (a link is provided for the second presentation). Students write the chemical formula for each chemical and convert the contamination to grams using...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

And Your Point Is . . .? Part I

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students, in groups, complete a WebQuest titled "Love Canal Debate". They follow the WebQuest to research and write papers on different points of view regarding the Love Canal environmental disaster.
Website
University at Buffalo

University at Buffalo: Love Canal Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated history surveys the infamous Love Canal chemical contamination environmental disaster of the 1970s.
Handout
Environmental Chemistry

Evironmental chemistry.com: Grown Ups Don't Do Blue Goo

For Students 9th - 10th
Tells the story of Love Canal, NY and the contamination that was happening there and what has been done about it recently.