Meet the Pollutants aims to teach kids about water pollution
Learn about the damage it does to our waterways and how you can help
For Kids
For Educators
Character Profiles
Feature Pollutant – Micron
Pollutant: Microorganisms
Source: Wastewater and animal waste
What you can do: Dispose of animal waste properly
Micron, short for Microorganisms, travel in
groups of billions. There are nasty varieties
that have a single mission: to make people
sick. Micron can spread diseases such as
cholera, dysentery, typhoid and Hepatitis
A. To defeat them, make sure you wash
your hands with soap and use tissues
when you’re sick.
Resources
| Books > for purchase |
 Order your colouring in and picture books through blurb.com Profits from the sale of these books will help fund our cleanup program Tip: sign up to the Blurb mailing list for significant discounts
> Colouring-In Book
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| Posters > for download |
  Download these posters for your classroom
> Download Poster #1
> Download Poster #2
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| Factsheets > for download |
 Learn about the nasty gang of pollutants destroying our waterways
> Download Factsheets
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| Display Models > for loan |
   
If you would like to borrow our collection of hand crafted models for an event please get in touch
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| Merchandise > for purchase |
 
Order some cool Meet the Pollutants merchandise, stop single use plastic, and help spread the word about waterway pollution > Order your merchandise hereProfits from the sales will help fund our cleanup program
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| Images > for download |
  Download these image sets and create your own teaching resources. These images can be used under a Creative Commons 4.0 License
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| Information Packs > for schools and potential partners |
> Download Information Pack for Potential Partners
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| Card Games > for kids |
Many thanks to Siobhan Skipworth who brought these characters to life
Special thanks to those people who have generously donated their time to the campaign including Scott Browning, Thomas Csere, Sarah Francis, Purnima Periwal and Elissa O’Malley
Please get in touch if you would like to know more about the campaign or would like to partner with Water by Design to help spread the word about water pollution
info@hlw.org.au or 07) 3177 9100
