TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sensing Air Pollution
Students learn about electricity and air pollution while building devices to measure volatile organic compounds (VOC) by attaching VOC sensors to prototyping boards. In the second part of the activity, students evaluate the impact of...
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Criteria Air Pollutants
Find out about the six major air pollutants. In-depth descriptions of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, particulates, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead are provided.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Air Quality Teaching Box
This teaching box is filled with educational resources that help young scholars explore the science of, and solutions to, air pollution.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Air Pollution
Students are introduced to the concept of air quality by investigating the composition, properties, atmospheric layers and everyday importance of air. They explore the sources and effects of visible and invisible air pollution. By...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Air Pollution: What's the Solution?
Outdoor air pollution poses a major threat to human health and threatens the ozone layer. Students will examine real time weather data in this extensive unit to learn how air quality is measured, its health impact on at-risk populations,...
Other
Airnow Ozone: Current Aqi
This map shows current air quality index. Select a region on map to view an animation of ozone levels at different times throughout the day. Very interesting.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: Tracking Ozone
In this activity, you will monitor the levels of ozone in Trenton, New Jersey for several days and make final decisions about the influence of weather on ground level ozone.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Air Now: Interactive Map of Air Quality
A live, interactive map of air quality in the United States.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Name That Air Pollutant
Students create graphic organizers describing the four major air pollutants regulated by the U.S. Clean Air Act (ground-level ozone, particle pollution, carbon monoxide, and sulfur dioxide) and then identify the pollutants with a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Air Pollution and Illness
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how air pollution affects human health.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How air pollution affects human health.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Outdoor Air Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Air pollution is due to chemical substances and particles released into the air mainly by human actions. This pollution affects entire ecosystems around the world....
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Effects of Air Pollution
Air pollution affects all things. It is harmful to our health, and it impacts the environment. Greenhouse gas pollution affects the entire planet.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: Will There Be Ozone Tomorrow?
Collect and analyze real time ozone data to make determinations about the status of ozone in your local area. See if you can apply what you learn to make predictions about tomorrow's ozone levels.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Air Pollution and Climate Change
Through this interactive module, students learn that the atmosphere is so much more than air, its complex role on Earth should be explored, and its quality carefully monitored and protected.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Project:s Air Pollution: What's the Solution?
This comprehensive site on air pollutions, sponsored by the Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education at Stevens Institute of Technology, includes worksheets, knowledge-assesment tools, and detailed instructions.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Air Pollution
What do smog, acid rain, carbon monoxide, fossil fuel exhausts, and tropospheric ozone have in common? They are all examples of air pollution. This article describes the causes and effects of air pollution.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: What's the Solution
This is a great set of lesson plans through which students explore air pollution and its causes and become aware of air pollution trends and how air pollution affects health. Many questions are examined during the course of study: "What...
European Union
Environment for Young Europeans: Air
Part of a larger site on the environment in general, the site concentrates on air, air pollution, and climate change. From the European Union.
Other
Epa: Air Now
"Daily, regional ozone maps, health facts, real-time data by state, and ozone forecasts. Past ozone maps are available in Map Archives. Reducing air pollution tips."
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Air Pollution
This article provides information on the air pollution of the outdoors, and touches on certain topics such as: what is air pollution, what symptoms does air pollution cause, is air pollution bad for my health, and what can I do to...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Air Pollution: How We're Changing the Air
Learn about the six main types of human-made air pollutants and their sources.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Air Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the causes and effects of air pollution.
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Next: Air Quality
Learn why clean air is necessary to a healthy life by completing these five activities.