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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Air Pollution

For Students 4th - 7th
Looks at air pollution, its causes and impact, common pollutants, and what individuals and governments can do to combat it.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Air Quality Teaching Box

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teaching box is filled with educational resources that help young scholars explore the science of, and solutions to, air pollution.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Detecting Air Pollution

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson students are asked to create model air pollution detectors to sample particles in indoor aiand outdoor air.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Air Pollution: What's the Solution?

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Air Quality

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents information on the compounds that pollute the air, their sources, and the regions in which air quality is chronically bad.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Environmental Public Health: Understanding Air: Air Pollution & Modeling Pollutants With Lego Bricks

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this lesson, young scholars learn about the chemical reactions that release various pollutants into the atmosphere and what happens when pollutants in the air are exposed to sunlight. They model incomplete combustion using LEGO...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Effects of Air Pollution Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the effects of air pollution with this study guide.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Name That Air Pollutant

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Air Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will investigate possible solutions to air pollution in relation to per capita consumption of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels being introduced as the cause, air pollution as the effect.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.26 Health Hazards of Air Pollution

For Students 5th - 9th
See how air pollution affects human health.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Air Particles and Air Quality

For Students 3rd - 5th
What does the phrase, "Like a breath of fresh air," mean to you? This common phrase can have different meanings: calming, relaxing, invigorating, energizing or clean. In this experiment you will test the quality of air by measuring the...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Air Quality in My City

For Students 9th - 10th
How does the air quality in my city compare with other cities? What time of year has the best air quality? Has the air quality in my city improved? AirCompare provides local air quality information to help you make informed,...
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: What's the Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring Air Quality in Aura No2 Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cleaning the Air

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Engineers design methods of removing particulate matter from industrial sources to minimize negative effects of air pollution. In this activity, students will undertake a similar engineering challenge as they design and build a filter to...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Air Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Air Quality Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
A quick overview of air quality and pollution.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Air Pollution

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Causes, effects, and prevention are some of the aspects of air pollution provided by eSchool Today. Get the facts!
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Got Dirty Air?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Air Got to Do With It?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Air We Breathe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
During this lesson, young scholars will learn what causes air pollution and how to investigate the different pollutants that exist, such as toxic gases and particulate matter. Students will investigate the technologies developed by...
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Other

Air Pollution and Health Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists the health effects from being exposed to air pollution. It also includes the source from where each type of air pollution comes from.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: There's Something in the Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Many kinds of gases and particles travel through, and become dispersed in air. Substances in air become concentrated in enclosed spaces. In this lesson to model the movement of pollutants through the air and particle concentration,...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Clean Air Markets Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Market-based regulatory programs designed by the EPA, with information for consumers and industry cap-and-trade policies, Clean Air Act, and other government-sponsored efforts to reduce air pollution.

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