Globe
The Globe Program: Air Quality Module
In this storybook, the GLOBE Kids investigate colors in the sky and learn how air pollution affects sky color and our health. Learning activities engage students in describing sky color and conditions in the atmosphere, creating a model...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Name That Air Pollutant
Young scholars 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...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Whirling, Swirling Air Pollution
In this activity students get a sense of the many ways in which daily activities use natural resources and contribute to air pollution.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Modeling Smog
For this activity, students create molecule models using marshmallows to understand and explain how smog forms.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Breath of Fresh Air
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution will be explored. Auntie Litter and the Pollution Patrol learn how smog forms and find out how to keep the air clean and free of air pollutants....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Life Is a Breath of Fresh Air
For this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana Holmes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Life Is a Breath of Fresh Air
In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution and harmful emissions, such as smog, will be explored. Students will also create a leaf rubbing. This is one lesson plan from the "Take Pride...
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: There Ought to Be a Law
Students will engage in argument and collect and present evidence about air pollution solutions. Students will investigate currently proposed solutions and develop an argument to discuss the pros and cons of the solution.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Air Pollution Solutions
Students will investigate possible solutions to air pollution in relation to per capita consumption of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels being introduced as the cause, air pollution as the effect.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: How Weather Affects Air Quality
How is air pollution affected by weather? Some types of pollution are worse in the summer heat, while others are worse in cold winter weather.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Air, Natural Resources, and You
Students will analyze data from an air pollution study as well as facts about air pollution and use the data as evidence to infer the effect of using natural resources on the atmosphere and on public health.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: What Is Air Quality?
Good air quality is critical for maintaining life on Earth. But what is air quality and why does it change?
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Effects of Air Pollution
Air pollution affects all things. It is harmful to our health, and it impacts the environment. Greenhouse gas pollution affects the entire planet.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Nitrogen Oxides
Learn interesting facts about nitrogen oxides, gases whose molecules are made of nitrogen and oxygen atoms and contribute to air pollution.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Air Pollution Solutions
While air pollution is a serious problem, it is a problem that we can solve. Learn about actions people can take to reduce emissions and improve air quality.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Biogeochemical Cycles
The ways in which an element or compound such as water moves between its various living and nonliving forms and locations in the biosphere is called a biogeochemical cycle. All of the atoms that are building blocks of living things are a...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Acid Rain
Brief article explores acid rain, a general term used to describe different kinds of acidic air pollution.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Effects of Air Pollution Study Guide
Understand the effects of air pollution with this study guide.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Economics of Pollution
Pollution is an example of a negative externality. Despite the gradual reduction in emissions from fossil fuels, many important environmental issues remain. Along with the still-high levels of air and water pollution, other issues...
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Air Pollution
What do smog, acid rain, carbon monoxide, fossil fuel exhausts, and tropospheric ozone have in common? They are all examples of air pollution. This article describes the causes and effects of air pollution.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.26 Health Hazards of Air Pollution
See how air pollution affects human health.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Causes of Air Pollution Study Guide
Review the main causes of air pollution.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Acid Rain Study Guide
Understand the make-up of and effects of acid rain.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Outdoor Safety: Is It Ozone Damage?
One way we can learn more about air pollution is to study a type of plant that is very sensitive to air pollution. Milkweed is one of these plants. Learn how you can investigate ozone damage by studying milkweed.