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.
Activity
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.
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...
Website
Other

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.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Battling for Oxygen

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Using gumdrops and toothpicks, students conduct a large-group, interactive ozone depletion model. Students explore the dynamic and competing upper atmospheric roles of the protective ozone layer, the sun's UV radiation and harmful...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the physical processes the control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate that is taught at Yale University. The course covers topics like clouds, rain, severe storms, regional...
Website
Community Learning Network

Community Learning Network: Global Warming/climate Change Theme Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of web resources on the topics of global warming and climate change. Some links may be broken, as the site is no longer actively maintained.