Lesson Plan
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.
Unit Plan
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,...
Lesson Plan
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...
Unit Plan
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...
Handout
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...
Website
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Center for Clean Air Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of a nonprofit think tank dedicated to climate and air quality policy issues.
Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.