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\nCheck out these 12 lessons on air and the atmosphere, exploring air quality and how it can impact living things. There are plenty of hands-on activities, teaching guides, and videos to help making this unit come alive!\n
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\n\"Pollution\n\n
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\nPollution and Lung Health\n

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\nStudents investigate how pollution affects lung health. For this pollution and lung health lesson, students build lung models from a soda bottle and balloons, and then discuss how the emissions from fossil fuels can adversely affect lung...\n
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\nArtificial Lung and Diaphragm\n

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\nShe had a terribly busy day converting oxygen into carbon dioxide; now she just needs a moment to breathe. In the activity, scholars review the function of the respiratory system and discuss bioengineering's role in medicine/health and...\n
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\nHow the Body Works: The Lungs\n

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\nTake a breather while your class takes in this information on the respiratory system. The roles of the lungs, diaphragm, bronchioles, and alveoli, are explained by a casual radio announcer as listeners call in to ask questions. The...\n
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\nLungometer\n

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\nLife science learners construct lung-o-meters from gallon-sized milk jugs and then measure their lung capacities. For older students, have them graph the vital lung capacities of each person in the class. Cross-curricular pieces are...\n
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\nHealthy Lungs\n

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\nStudents investigate the lungs and the effects of smoking upon them. They conduct research with the help of using multiple resources. The information is used in order to create the context of models made from clay of healthy and diseased...\n
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\nThe Lungs and Pulmonary System, Health and Medicine\n

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\nThe oxygen needed by our bodies to burn during respiration of glucose is obtained by ventilation. The anatomical structures involved in gaseous exchange are drawn and labeled. The explanations are excellent for a review or a student with...\n
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\nSmoker's Lung\n

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\nThe plan is to have adolescents work in groups to reserach the effects of smoking cigarettes on the lungs. Once they have collected information, they create a presentation to share with the rest of the class. This is part health...\n
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\nHeart and Lungs\n

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\nWith a partner, youngsters measure their pulse and breathing rates, both at rest and after running in place for a minute. While this activity is not novel, the lesson plan includes a large-scale classroom graphing activity and other...\n
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\nBreathing Machine\n

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\nTake a deep breath and have your class construct working models of a lung! Using 500ml plastic bottles as the chest cavity, and balloons for the lung and the diaphragm, learners work in groups to make a model. The models help them to...\n
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\nHow Do the Lungs Work?\n

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\nWith the thousands of tasks our brain consciously performs on a daily basis, it's amazing that breathing isn't one of them. Learn how human bodies are able to automatically control the exchange of gas that keeps us alive...\n
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\nGo Cough Up a Lung!\n

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\nThird graders examine and identify the effects smoking has on the lungs. They view and discuss pictures of a smoker's lung and a healthy lung, and read and discuss an informational handout. Students then participate in an aerobic...\n
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\nTobacco Smoking and Lung Cancer\n

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\nYoung scholars explore tobacco smoking and the impact it has on society.  In this health lesson students complete several experiments on smoking and lung cancer.\n
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\nHow Can We Make a Model of Lungs?\n

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\nFifth graders examine the function of the lungs and create a model of the lungs. Using a plastic cup, drinking straw, plastic bag, small balloon, and a rubber band, they follow step-by-step directions to construct simulated lungs. ...\n
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\nThe Respiratory System\n

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\nRespiratory systems are different in worms, fish, and human lungs, and each are explained by Paul Andersen with his fabulous SMART Board. How are these respiratory systems similar? Keeping breathing surfaces moist is essential in all...\n
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\nWhy Do We Need Clean Air to Live? - Biology Teaching Thesis\n

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\nLearners name the main components of the respiratory system. They write a reaction that contains complete sentences, and uses proper spelling and grammar, after viewing a video. Students define the following terms: lungs, respiration,...\n
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\nBlood: Path of a Red Blood Cell\n

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\nDespite slightly older animation, this fascinating video shows the path each red blood cell takes as it carries oxygen throughout the body. From the first pump of the heart pushing red blood cells to the lungs to pick up oxygen to the...\n
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\nLung Capacity\n

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\nIn this lung capacity worksheet, students use straws, funneling, liquids, tubing, and more to test their lung capacity. Students follow 14 sets of directions and analyze their data.\n
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\nPollution and Lung Health\n

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\nStudents study how lungs and a diaphragm work to make them breathe.  In this pollution lesson students build a lung model and learn three things they can do to protect themselves from the effects of fossil fuels. \n
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\nLungs: The Breathing Machine\n

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\nStudents create a model of the lungs and diaphragm. In this breathing lesson, students create a model out of a plastic bottle and balloons. They see how the diaphragm helps to fill the lungs with air. \n
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\nEffects of Lung Disease\n

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\nYoung scholars illustrate the chronic lung conditions associated with smoking and write a persuasive argument against smoking. In this lung disease lesson, students use straws and balloons to illustrate the problems created by smoking....\n
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\nHow Air Moves In and Out of the Lung\n

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\nStudents gain an understanding of the respiratory system. In this biology lesson plan, students demonstrate how air enters and leaves the lungs, and explore the relationship between breathing rate and exercise.\n
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\nLung Limit\n

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\nStudents explore one's lung capacity, the human body, displacing volume of water with volume of air and spirometer use. Using simple math, students figure out their lung capacity by breathing into a bottle filled with water and...\n
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\nHere is a lab activity where teens experience the respiratory system first-hand as they dissect lungs and identify key structures within the system. Although the website is written in British English with some slightly different verbiage...\n
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