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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 plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), air pollution and harmful emissions, such as smog, will be explored. Students will also create a leaf rubbing. This is one lesson plan from the "Take Pride...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Principles, Structure, & Implementation of International Environmental Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This module introduces the fundamental norms and institutions that comprise international environmental law and then focuses on six specific topics: air pollution and protection of the atmosphere, hazardous waste, endangered species,...
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Website
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Epa's Environmental Education Center

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of fact sheets, brochures, and web pages about environmental issues. Topics include acid rain and air pollution, ecosystems, human health, waste and recycling, conservation, and water-related concepts and issues.
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Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Bad for Breathing

For Students 9th - 10th
A study provides new clues as to why some respiratory diseases are linked to air pollution.
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Article
Scientific American

Scientific American: China, the Olympics, and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles focusing on the environmental issues that existed in China before the 2008 Summer Olympics. Articles target in on air pollution, construction, and cultural issues.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: I Breathe What??

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will capture and examine the particles to gain an appreciation of how much dust, pollen and other particulate matter is present in the air around them. Students will place "pollution detectors" at various...
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Website
Other

Clean Air Revival: Burning Issues: Constituents of Wood Smoke

For Students 9th - 10th
Site has several articles on particles from wood smoke and its health effects.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Environmental Reform

For Students 5th - 8th
Environmental awareness in the United States became more focused upon the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. Read about student protests, presidential legislation, and a new desire to protect the environment.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Fundamentals of Environmental Pollution and Control

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a fundamentals of environmental pollution and control course taught at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. The course teaches water pollutants, waste water treatment, soil acidity,...
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Health/environmental Diseases A2 Z

For Students 9th - 10th
A cyber-dictionary of environmental diseases. Find all the air quality health problems here. Loaded with graphics and info. Printable version too.
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Graphic
Other

Epa: Today's Aqi Forecast

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map used to find the current and forecasted air quality index for any location in the United States.
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Website
Other

France 3: Meteo

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides weather reports from France - different cities, regions and other French possessions overseas are accessible. Satellite images and air quality indexes are also available.
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Handout
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Clean Air Act of 1963, 1970 and 1990

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the three sets of federal programs to establish air quality goals and to impose pollution control.
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Water

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive worksheet and notes that look at the water cycle, domestic water supply, sewage disposal, water pollution, and air pollution. Useful for student review of material.
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PPT
NASA

Nasa: Climate Kids: Gallery of Air

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A photo collection containing images of air pollution and other related air concerns.
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Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Nitrogen Oxides

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting information on nitrous oxides as they contribute to air pollution.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: The Atmosphere, the Ocean, and Environmental Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a course that explores the physical processes the control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate that is taught at Yale University. The course covers topics like clouds, rain, severe storms, regional...
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Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Acid Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief explanation of acid rain, a kind of acidic air pollution.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: What's in the Air?

For Students 9th - 10th
Air is a mixture of naturally occurring gases and human-made air pollutants. Learn more about these gases and the role they play in our atmosphere.
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Iaq: Secondhand Smoke and Smoke Free Homes

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how secondhand smoke contributes to indoor air pollution, and learn how to prevent this health risk.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Air Pollution

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses how the United States is to blame for much of the world's pollution, along with some possible steps that could be taken by the government to reduce this.
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Primary
Other

Planet Ark: Cheap Air Travel Adding to Global Warming

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting presentation of information to suggest that cheap airline prices are causing more people to fly, resulting in more jet fuel burning which pollutes the environment. Use this site to obtain a new perspective on the effects of...
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Lesson Plan
HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Causes of Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson plan is designed to teach young children identify the types of pollution, the sources of the pollution, and how they can protect the environment from further pollutants.
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Handout
Kidport

Pollution

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A short discussion of several different types of pollution and of the harm that it can do to the Earth. Includes a two-question reading-comprehension quiz.

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