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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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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Reducing Air Pollution Study Guide

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about efforts to reduce air pollution. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: How Weather Affects Air Quality

For Students 9th - 10th
How is air pollution affected by weather? Some types of pollution are worse in the summer heat, while others are worse in cold winter weather.
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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 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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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: 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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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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Other

California Air Resources Board: Air Pollution Particulate Matter Brochure

For Students 9th - 10th
This online brochure focuses on particulate matter in the atmosphere and its health effects.
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Other

Center for Clean Air Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of a nonprofit think tank dedicated to climate and air quality policy issues.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: What's in the Air?

For Students 9th - 10th
Air is a mixture of naturally occurring gases and human-made air pollutants. Learn more about these gases and the role they play in our atmosphere.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Air Pollution: Tracking Ozone

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: You've Got to See It to Believe It!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students develop an understanding of visible air pollutants with an incomplete combustion demonstration, a "smog in a jar" demonstration, building simple particulate matter collectors, and exploration of engineering roles related to air...
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PBS

Nova Teachers: Can Buildings Make You Sick: Classroom Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this lesson plan, participants will build a structure to collect particulates from the air from around the school building. Then observe and analyze the samples obtained to study indoor and outside air pollution.

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