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- 11th
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Students investigate weather and lower tropospheric air pollution. They examine the variation in UV, and ground level smog and ozone. They collect data and prepare a report. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students access the Internet to collect and analyze data for high and low ground level ozone days. They graph the results to make comparisons and determinations about ozone levels. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students design and implement an experiment intended to measure and analyze the air quality of a particular location. They focus on looking for ozone and particulate pollutants. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research a NASA Website and record information about an assigned city's tropospheric ozone residual monthly climate. In groups, they graph the information for the past year. They form new groups and compare their city's information with that collected by other groups. They hold a mock global conference on tropospheric ozone to discuss precautions and prevention methods. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students locat the ozone layer of the atmosphere. They explain natural formation of ozone. They list chemicals that react with ozone. They explain how CFC's destroy ozone. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students design posters on the ozone to be judged. They design a board game on the depletion of the ozone and list the layers of the atmosphere. They construct a collage of the atmosphere into layers according to the way temperature changes with altitude. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students assemble and disassemble oxygen and ozone molecules using gumdrops and toothpicks. They count oxygen and ozone molecules, collect data, and create a graph of global ozone amounts from the last fifty years. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students describe the types of pollutants affecting air quality and explain the difference between bad and good ozone. They investigate air quality index levels and patterns in the Midwest region of the United States. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students develop an understanding of the ozone layer, it's affect on Earth, and the effect of human activity on the ozone layer. They then interpret data from satellite pictures and develop an understanding of longitude/latitude of specific locations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students Use data sets from MY NASA DATA to produce graphs comparing monthly and yearly ozone averages of several U.S. cities. They analyze and evaluate the data and predict trends based on the data. In addition, they discuss and describe how human activities have modified Earths air quality Full Review »

