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- 8th - 9th
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Students examine primary greenhouse gases that occur naturally and unnaturally, and observe a demonstration of how small particles of dust exist in the air we breathe. They discuss the major sources of air pollutants along the Wasatch Front. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study a pie graph that shows the composition of air prior to studying the concepts of air pollution and air quality. They participate in a number of experiments showing the properties of air and the Air Quality Index Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students conduct experiments to study the effects of invisible air pollutants including one with a bean plant. They examine methods of invisible air pollutants. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students work together to complete an experiment on air pollution. They identify visible and invisible forms of pollution. They gather their data in notebooks and analzye their results to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study how industrial technology helps clean up and prevent air pollution. They role play as engineers to examine methods of engineering pollutant recovery methods such as scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, cyclones, and baghouses. They write environmental action campaign letters after determining the existence of global problems. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the causes of air pollution while examining technologies that engineers have developed to reduce it. They watch a smog in a jar demonstration before looking at daily air quality trends. They build simple models to determine how the engineers work on the problem. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work in teams to synthesize their air, asthma, air contamination, and environmental health knowledge as well as additional research to represent a particular point of view persuasively. They create a handout and presentatin materials to help communicate this knowledge and point of view. Pupils use these materials, to practice public speaking to present their work. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students read two different articles which present the scientific issue of asthma, the causes, and the rising rates in our society. Students read for facts and examine whether or not the scientists have a political point of view. Students complete a worksheet about one article and have a discussion on the issue of air pollution's role in asthma. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students observe air pollution that is visible and invisible with experimentation. During the experiment the students collect data that needs analysis. The observations are recorded in the lab journal. The data also is represented using a chart or graph. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students define what air pollution is. They explain the imporatance of monitoring air pollution. Students describe the changes that occur to objects and organisms in the environment from air pollution. They test for visible and invisible pollutants in the air. Full Review »
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