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Epa: Air Quality Index Game Show
Do you know what the colors of the air quality index indicate? You'll have fun checking your knowledge of the AQI colors as you play this game.
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U.s. Environmental Protection Agency: Air Quality Index for Kids
An easy-to-read illustrated guide to air quality, with information on what causes air pollution and how it affects our health. Includes games to assess learning and a vocalized dictionary of terms related to air quality. (Pronunciations...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Air Pollution & Air Quality: Air Quality Index
Describes the features of the air quality assessment indices used in a variety of countries around the world. (Updated: October 25, 2011)
University of Arizona
Pulse: From Global to City Air: Air Quality, City Design and Disease
Students are challenged to design a healthy city in this unit plan. The cross-curricular unit covers content standards for ninth grade in science, language arts, world geography, and math. Students explore air quality and the impact it...
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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.
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.
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Just for Kids: Air
Pennsylvania's DEP presents this site on air pollution. Learn about ozone, particulate matter, and the air quality index.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Got Dirty Air?
This lesson introduces learners to the concepts of air pollution and technologies that have been developed by engineers to reduce air pollution. Students develop an understanding of visible air pollutants with an incomplete combustion...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Air Got to Do With It?
Students are introduced to the concepts of air pollution and air quality. The three lesson parts focus on the prerequisites for understanding air pollution. First, students use M&Ms to create a pie graph that expresses their...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Color Is Your Air Today?
Students develop awareness and understanding of the daily air quality using the Air Quality Index (AQI) listed in the newspaper. They explore what engineers can do to help reduce poor air quality.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploring Air Quality in Aura No2 Data
This activity illustrates how data can be imported into Google Earth for visualization and interpretation. Students are introduced to air quality as it relates to population density and topography.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Air Data
The AirData website gives you access to air quality data collected at outdoor monitors across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U. S. Virgin Islands. The data comes primarily from the AQS (Air Quality System) database. You can...
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Eea: Air Monitoring
Find the current air quality in Massachusettes, and learn more about air pollution, air quality forecast, and governmental guidelines on air.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Smog: Who Does It Hurt? [Pdf]
Extensive site provides information on health effects of ground-level ozone-smog. Explains the air quality index and provides links to area ozone maps.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Air Pollution
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore Air Pollution with George the Gecko. Learn about the major air pollutants, AQI, (Air Quality Index) and what we can do to help! Games and links to outside websites are included.
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U.s. Environmental Protection Agency: Smog City 2
An interactive air pollution simulator that allows students to control the smog in an imaginary city by adjusting several environmental factors.
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Epa: Today's Aqi Forecast
An interactive map used to find the current and forecasted air quality index for any location in the United States.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Air, Atmosphere, and Climate Change
Sixteen essential questions lead student learning about Earth's atmosphere and global warming as they have to do with global climate change.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
University of Washington
Live From Earth & Mars [Nasa]: Danger in the Air
This site from Live from Earth & Mars [NASA] is a lesson plan using both interactive and written materials. Can be used as a unit or individually.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Cruise the Body's Air Ways
Find out where the air goes when you breathe by connecting the dots in this short activity. A clever use of a paint program makes it very clear how air moves in this interactive activity.
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France 3: Meteo
Resource provides weather reports from France - different cities, regions and other French possessions overseas are accessible. Satellite images and air quality indexes are also available.
Tramline
Tramline: Getting Green Virtual Field Trip
In this comprehensive website, students will learn about different forms of pollution, environmental impact of pollution, global warming, and things they can do to make a difference.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Learn the Issues: Health & Safety
This site provides real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.