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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's Up With the Weather: Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine this graph from FRONTLINE/NOVA: "What's Up with the Weather?" Web site to see dramatic increases in three greenhouse gases over the last two hundred years.
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Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Atmospheric Changes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson unit on the effects of fossil fuel burning on the atmosphere. Includes particulates with good materials balance.
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Interactive
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Envirofacts Data Warehouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Using zip codes, this site allows students to locate businesses in their communities that are producing wastes.
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eBook
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This 27-page booklet explains the Clean Air Act using everyday English.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Tceq: Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Environmental Sciences [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Air Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about some of the research that the EPA has done regarding the air we breathe. Topics range from air quality to air monitoring.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Clean Air Act (United States)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers extensive information on the history and amendments to the Clean Air Act of the United States.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Detecting Air Pollution

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson students are asked to create model air pollution detectors to sample particles in indoor aiand outdoor air.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Air Quality in Megacities

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the impact of air pollution on human health, and surrounding environments, in large urban areas around the world. Compares the levels of smog in the cities of Los Angeles and London, discusses air monitoring programs,...
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Unit Plan
European Union

Environment for Young Europeans: Air

For Students 3rd - 8th
Part of a larger site on the environment in general, the site concentrates on air, air pollution, and climate change. From the European Union.
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Handout
Other

California Air Resources Board/glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Good glossary of air pollution terms.
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Handout
Other

Thoreau Institute: The History of Environmentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay is a thorough investigation of the various political and philosophical changes which have occurred throughout the environmental movement. Examines the current situation and includes references. Excellent article.
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Article
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: The Spirit of the First Earth Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is an in-depth description of the first Earth Day, and includes the impact the demonstration had on the environmental movement.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Water Science for Schools: Acid Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction, aimed at upper elementary- and middle-school learners, to acid rain. [Click back to home to access the site in Spanish.]
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Interactive
Other

Epa: Air Quality Index Game Show

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know what the colors of the air quality index indicate? You'll have fun checking your knowledge of the AQI colors as you play this game.
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eBook
Texas Department of Public Safety

Dep. Of Public Safety: Vehicle Emissions Inspection and Maintenance Manual [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A manual for the inspection of vehicles in Texas, to see if they meet the state government standards for emissions and safety. [PDF]
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Website
Other

North Central Texas Council of Governments: Current Emission Standards

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines Texas emissions standards for light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty vehicles. Includes downloadable reference chart of emissions standards.
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Unit Plan
Other

Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Information, activities, and games pertaining to the respiratory system, including more specific topics like lung health and wellness, air pollution, and tobacco.
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Interactive
Other

Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Professair's Mad Lab)

For Students 1st - 9th
Have fun learning about the human body's respiratory system while playing games in Professair's Mad Lab! These interactive games have colorful graphics and are broken into three grade groupings: grades one to three, four to six, and...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 7 12 Teacher Resources)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
Other

Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System (Grades 4 6 Teacher Resources)

For Teachers 4th - 7th
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...
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Handout
Other

Primer on Climate Change and Human Health [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to climate change in Canada. This site offers both a national look and then looks at the implications of climate change on specific regions and provinces.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Where Did All the Stars Go?

For Students 3rd - 5th
If you live in a big city or urban area it is hard to see many stars at night. In most urban areas only the most brilliant stars, planets and the moon can be seen. This is because of something called light pollution which is the...
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Week of 2 10 14: China's Smog Problem

For Students 6th - 8th
Article reports on the problem of extreme smog in many cities in China and various innovations that are being developed to help deal with the problem. Includes video.