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Ucar: Ozone in the Troposphere Unit PlanUcar: Ozone in the Troposphere Unit Plan
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Science
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Lexile Measures
1350L
Unit Plan

Ucar: Ozone in the Troposphere

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A detailed overview of the ground-level ozone, tropospheric ozone, with explanations about how it is called the bad ozone and how it varies day to day. All information is reinforced through pictures, graphs, and learning activities. Learning activities give background, procedure, and assessment ideas.

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Concepts

chlorine, measurement, ozone depletion, pollution

Additional Tags

fluorine, ozone, ozone hole, ozone layer, ozone measurements, science activities, cfc, cfcs, center for science education, chlorofluorocarbon

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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