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Welcome to Air Pollution: What's the
Solution? an educational project for students, grades 6 - 12, that uses online real time data to
guide student discovery of the science behind the causes and effects of outdoor air
pollution. Through this project,
students will focus on outdoor air pollution; what it is,
what factors contribute to its formation and the health effects from breathing
polluted air. Students will use data and animated maps from the Internet and monitor
for the presence of air pollution. Students are challenged to think
critically and creatively about the problems surrounding air pollution.
By the end of this project,
students will be able to:
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Describe what air pollutants are, when and how outdoor air
pollution is formed, and what the
health effects are from breathing polluted air.
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Read the Environmental
Protection Agency's Air Quality Index (AQI) chart, record
weather data, and determine the presence of air pollutants.
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Create graphs to help
visualize or recognize trends.
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Predict when ground level
ozone may occur.
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Use knowledge gained to
create awareness about air pollution and the associated health effects.
Please refer to the Activity
Map as a guide to all of the lessons within the curriculum.
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