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P.O.V.'s Borders Picture Project: Lesson 1 - Air Lesson PlanP.O.V.'s Borders Picture Project: Lesson 1 - Air Lesson Plan
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Take photos of human activities that impact air quality. Collaborative groups present one of the photographs, identifying how the activity contributes to air quality and what can be done to minimize the impact. As one in a series of lessons exploring human impact on the environment, this activity will help develop informed citizens who can make a difference. Links to the other lessons are included. Use them all to present a complete unit to your environmental studies class.

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air pollution, air, human impact on the environment, environmental stewardship, the industrial age, the industrial revolution

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9th - 12th
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Science
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