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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Potential Changes in Emissions Due to Improvements in Travel Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
An 84-page report from 2011 that addresses the issue of whether changes can be made in transportation to increase travel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Includes many tables and graphs...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Air Pollution

For Students Pre-K - 1st
air pollution
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Air Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
This image shows some of the air pollution problems caused by large smoke stacks before emission control standards were introduced.
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Lesson Plan
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.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: I've Gotta Get Some Air

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify types and sources of indoor air pollutants in their school and home environments. They evaluate actions that can be taken to reduce and prevent poor indoor air quality. In an associated literacy activity, students...
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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.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: I Don't Believe My Eyes!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students develop their understanding of the effects of invisible air pollutants with a rubber band air test, a bean plant experiment and by exploring engineering roles related to air pollution. In an associated literacy activity,...
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Lesson Plan
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.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
To develop an understanding of modern industrial technologies that clean up and prevent air pollution, students build and observe a variety of simple models of engineering pollutant recovery methods: scrubber, electrostatic precipitator,...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cleaning Air With Balloons

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and discuss a simple balloon model of an electrostatic precipitator to better understand how this pollutant recovery method functions in cleaning industrial air pollution.
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Website
Other

Smog City

For Students 3rd - 8th
Smog City, an interactive air pollution simulator, shows students how human choices, environmental factors, and land use contribute to air pollution.
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Asthma and Indoor Environments

For Students 6th - 8th
This website defines, explains, and exemplifies indoor air pollution and how it significantly contributes to asthma problems.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Breath of Fresh Air

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson plan 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 air...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Helping Kids Help the Environment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Define and explore the concept of environmental citizenship through a series of literacy-based multimedia, online and hands-on learning experiences. Discover how responsible citizens can help protect their local communities by...
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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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Lesson Plan
Utah STEM Foundation

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

For Students 6th - 8th
Students 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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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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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Watchers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to some essential meteorology concepts so they more fully understand the impact of meteorological activity on air pollution control and prevention. First, they develop an understanding of the magnitude and...
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Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Outdoor Safety: Is It Ozone Damage?

For Students 3rd - 5th
One way we can learn more about air pollution is to study a type of plant that is very sensitive to air pollution. Milkweed is one of these plants. Learn how you can investigate ozone damage by studying milkweed.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Bag It

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students observe and discuss a vacuum cleaner model of a baghouse to better understand how this pollutant recovery method functions in cleaning industrial air pollution.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Life Is a Breath of Fresh Air

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Lana Holmes.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cars From the Future

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about air pollution caused by cars and what engineers are doing to try to help with the problem. Students then design their own environmentally friendly car and give a presentation to experience how engineers have to be...
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Nitrogen Oxides

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn interesting facts about nitrogen oxides, gases whose molecules are made of nitrogen and oxygen atoms and contribute to air pollution.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Life Is a Breath of Fresh Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution will be explored. This lesson is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson is provided by Julie Danley, Pam Walston, and Pat Mitchell.

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