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Dangerous Air

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Students investigate how pollution is a global issue. They locate the countries affected by radiation from Chernobyl, sequence the progress of radiation transport from Chernobyl and plot the pollution points on a world map, and read and discuss two informational handouts.

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chernobyl, pollution, radiation pollution, science
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4th - 6th
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Science
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