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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Project: Air Pollution: Transport

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity will teach you how to interpret a wind barb. You'll also access near real time wind data and pollutant animations to track the transport and final destination of pollutants
Lesson Plan
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Activity: Trees and Air Quality

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Site offers lessons and activities designed to supplement study of the environment and ecology. Concise explanations are presented on the importance of trees in our world. Also, problem solving and creative thinking is encouraged...
Graphic
Other

Air Pollution and Health Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists the health effects from being exposed to air pollution. It also includes the source from where each type of air pollution comes from.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environmental Engineering

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students explore the various roles of environmental engineers, including: environmental cleanup, water quality, groundwater resources, surface water and groundwater flow, water contamination, waste disposal and air...
Interactive
Other

Environmental Defense/air Scorecard

For Students 9th - 10th
Locate maps and data for air pollutants. Just enter your zip code to find out what air pollutants are released near you.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Dimming the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive resource provides evidence that human air pollution is limiting the amount of sunlight that is reaching the earth's surface.
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Other

Airnow Ozone: Current Aqi

For Students 9th - 10th
This map shows current air quality index. Select a region on map to view an animation of ozone levels at different times throughout the day. Very interesting.
Unit Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Size, Shape and Health Effects of Particulates

For Students 9th - 10th
How does particulate pollution affect people with breathing disorders? Real time air quality data is provided for you to assess your state. Using this data you can determine who might be at risk in your particular area.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environmental Challenges in China

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about the wonderful and fascinating country of China, and its environmental challenges that require engineering solutions, many in the form of increased energy efficiency, the incorporation of renewable energy, and new...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: There's Something in the Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Many kinds of gases and particles travel through, and become dispersed in air. Substances in air become concentrated in enclosed spaces. In this lesson to model the movement of pollutants through the air and particle concentration,...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Temperature Tells All!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are introduced to the health risks caused by cooking and heating with inefficient cook stoves inside homes, a common practice in rural developing communities. Students simulate the cook stove scenario and use the engineering...
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Pollution Patrol

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work in teams to design and construct outdoor air pollution detectors from everyday items. They will then test the designs for presence of pollutants in the air and communicate their results to the class.
Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Clean Air Markets Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Market-based regulatory programs designed by the EPA, with information for consumers and industry cap-and-trade policies, Clean Air Act, and other government-sponsored efforts to reduce air pollution.
Handout
Other

California Air Resources Board: Air Pollution Particulate Matter Brochure

For Students 9th - 10th
This online brochure focuses on particulate matter in the atmosphere and its health effects.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Gasping for Air

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the increased risk of asthma for children living in areas with air pollution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Air, Natural Resources, and You

For Students 6th - 8th
Young scholars 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.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Danger in the Air

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students are involved in an observational study of air pollutants in the atmosphere. The students collect and examine air quality and weather data, looking for correlations between weather and air quality.
Website
Other

Center for Clean Air Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of a nonprofit think tank dedicated to climate and air quality policy issues.
Website
NOAA

Noaa: National Ocean Service Education: Nonpoint Source Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated tutorial explains nonpoint source pollution and its role in the health of the environment. Students learn about different sources of pollution and how these pollutants contaminate the land, air, and water. Click on the links...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Breath of Fresh Air

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this instructional activity 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...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dangerous Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
By tracing the movement of radiation released during an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, students see how air pollution, like particulate matter, can become a global issue.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Life Is a Breath of Fresh Air

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this instructional activity from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution will be explored. This instructional activity is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This instructional activity is...
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: What's in the Air?

For Students 9th - 10th
Air is a mixture of naturally occurring gases and human-made air pollutants. Learn more about these gases and the role they play in our atmosphere.
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Other

North Carolina Deq: The Adventures of Clair & Cam [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality offers the PDF "The Adventures of Clair & Cam" a K-5 Curriculum & Activity Guide which provides air quality education videos, lessons, activities, and music. Requires Adobe...

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