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It is recommended that you conduct this fabulous experiment as a whole-class demonstration. Collect air samples from the environment, human exhalation, and car exhaust, then compare them for carbon dioxide content using bromthymol blue indicator. If available, consider also collecting exhaust from an electric or hybrid vehicle!
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- A relevant investigation for your earth science or environment curriculum
- Provides background information and most of the steps in the scientific inquiry process
- An associated reading resource by the same publisher is available
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