Curated OER
Measuring Quantities of Gases Activity
Learners use a pipette to mix small amounts of food coloring into water. They visualize the small quantities of parts per million and parts per billion. Contrary to the title, the lesson is about liquid amounts rather than gas amounts....
Curated OER
Parts Per Million
Pupils perform serial dilution of food coloring experiment with partner, examine concentration levels, and differentiate parts per million (PPM) and parts per billion (PPB). Students complete pre-lab and post-lab questions and data table.
Other
Eea: Air Monitoring
Find the current air quality in Massachusettes, and learn more about air pollution, air quality forecast, and governmental guidelines on air.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Visualize One Part Per Million
Parts per million is a scientific unit of measurement that counts the number of units of one substance per one million units of another. But because it's hard to conceptualize really large numbers, it can be difficult to wrap our brains...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Global Change: Where Land, Air and Water Meet
To develop an understanding of parts per million as a concept, teams of learners create successive dilutions of a solution to reach a parts-per-million concentration.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parts Per Million Calculations
Learn how to figure parts per million calculations in this short, guided lesson.
Frostburg State University
Frostburg State University: Grams of Solution
Resource presents the answer to "How do I find grams of solute in a volume of solution, given parts per million?" in an easy-to-understand format.
Texas A&M University
Calculating Parts Per Million
Calculating parts per million for use in greenhouses.