TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Hiding in the Air?
Students develop an understanding of the effects of invisible air pollutants with a rubber band and hanger air test and a bean plant experiment. They also learn about methods of reducing invisible air pollutants.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Washing Air
Students observe and discuss a simple model of a wet scrubber to understand how this pollutant recovery method functions in cleaning industrial air pollution.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Introduction to Environmental Challenges in China
Through an overview of some of the environmental challenges facing the growing and evolving country of China today, students learn about the effects of indoor and outdoor air pollution that China is struggling to curb with the help of...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Uzbekistan: Environment
This article from the Library of Congress addresses the sad state of the environment in Uzbekistan caused by chemical, water, and air pollution. Particular emphasis is focused on the Aral Sea.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Environmental Health Student Portal
An entire site of resources specifically for environmental science and how it is linked to human health. Topics include water pollution, air pollution, climate change, and chemicals.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: For Your Eyes Only
Students develop their understanding of visible air pollutants with an incomplete combustion demonstration, a "smog in a jar" demonstration, and by building simple particulate matter collectors.
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System
Information, activities, and games pertaining to the respiratory system, including more specific topics like lung health and wellness, air pollution, and tobacco.
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 7 12 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website ?Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System? for grades seven through twelve from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
Other
Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 4 6 Teacher Resources)
This teacher's resource page accompanies the student website "Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System" for grades four through six from the Canadian Lung Association. This site walks teachers through the features of the student...
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Air Quality
Find out how the production of natural gas and oil can result in the release of hydrocarbons and other emissions into the air.
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.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act
This 27-page booklet explains the Clean Air Act using everyday English.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Clean Air Act (United States)
Wikipedia offers extensive information on the history and amendments to the Clean Air Act of the United States.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Acid Rain
What are the causes and effects of acid rain in our environment? To learn more about this serious environmental issue check out this website. Contains a page with several acid rain activities for students.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Optimize! Cleaner Energy Options for Rural China
Students work in engineering teams to optimize cleaner energy solutions for cooking and heating in rural China. They choose between various options for heating, cooking, hot water, and lights and other electricity, balancing between the...
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Tceq: Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Environmental Sciences [Pdf]
A large collection of lesson plans on environmental topics. The lessons are broken up into the broad categories of air, water, and waste, and look at issues around quality, pollution, conservation, and recycling. There are activities for...
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards: Dust, Smoke, and Haze
NASA's Earth Observatory offers photographs of dust, smoke, and haze throughout the world. Learn how these pollutants can be hazardous to our Earth.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Global Maps: Aerosol Optical Depth
View Earth's aerosol optical depth by watching a global map evolve from January 2005 to November 2008. Learn about aerosol amounts such as volcanic ash, sea salt, smoke, and other pollutants.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 6 30 14: Us Air Is Getting Cleaner
Learn about the satellite images showing an improvement of the quality of air in the United States.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: The Spirit of the First Earth Day
This article is an in-depth description of the first Earth Day, and includes the impact the demonstration had on the environmental movement.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Resources for Educators
Find an array of environmental and science-based lesson plans, activities and ideas from the EPA, other federal agencies, and external organizations.
Center for Educational Technologies
Nasa Classroom of the Future: Environment Module: Uv Menace
This site provides information and activities for classes to learn more about ozone depletion and UV radiation.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Potential Changes in Emissions Due to Improvements in Travel Efficiency
An 84-page report from 2011 that addresses the issue of whether changes can be made in transportation to increase travel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Includes many tables and graphs...
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