Curated OER
Air Quality Trivia Time
Students identify and analyze what the Air Quality Index (AQI) is and how it works. They review ways that "unhealthy" or "hazardous" days could be prevented and draw and color something that they can do to help reduce air pollution....
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US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Smog: Who Does It Hurt? [Pdf]
Extensive site provides information on health effects of ground-level ozone-smog. Explains the air quality index and provides links to area ozone maps.
Other
Simple Science: Hole in the Sky
Learners explore images of atmospheric ozone levels over the South Pole. The resource has students determine the months of lowest ozone levels and changes in ozone levels since 1979. The activity has an interactive online version and a...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Air Pollution and Asthma
Discussion of air pollution and how it can cause asthma flare-ups.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Name That Air Pollutant
Students 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: Ozone in Our Neighborhood
Young scholars will experiment to understand variations in the amount of ground-level ozone between different places in their neighborhood, town, or city.