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- 7th - 10th
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Students experiment to find particulates in air both inside and outside the school in this lesson which is part of a unit. They delve into air pollution and how it affects human health. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students investigate air pollution. They conduct Internet research on air pollutants, complete a worksheet on six common pollutants, and develop a concept map of the pollutants. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students complete an experiment to determine how dirty the air is in their local community. They analyze images and discuss the varying degrees of air pollution. They discuss the results of the experiment. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students define vocabulary words regarding air quality. In small groups, they match magazine pictures or create illustrations for definitions and terms, and share the flash cards with their group. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine the path of pollution that was created by the Chernobyl accident. They discover how air pollution travels from one area to another and sequentially locate the countries where radiation traveled to. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the importance of air quality. In groups, students explore factors leading to poor air quality and methods of minimizing air pollution. Given a diagram of concentric circles, students survey their personal air quality situation. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students observe car pooling patterns and the important role car pools play in reducing air pollution. They explain how they get to school and graph the types of transportation that is used. Students make a list of the different alternatives to driving and discuss how they can help lessen air pollution Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students investigate pollution. They discuss pollution and its effects. They create a Venn diagram of pollution and people polluting. They create a landfill and predict what will occur over a week's time. They create two air pollution detectors. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students study about air pollution and the effects it has on our Earth. Students tally cars on a sheet that has been categorized as follows: One person in car, two persons in car, or three or more persons in car. Students go to the front of the school in the morning or afternoon when there is the most traffic and tally the cars for five minutes. Students return to the classroom and discuss their observations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students predict the movement of an air borne pollutant using their understanding of air currents. They determine which governments and/or communities should be contacted to be forewarned. They also explore the properties of their assigned pollutant as this affects how it travels. Full Review »
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