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Your Environment, Your Health: Air Quality Unit PlanYour Environment, Your Health: Air Quality Unit Plan
Publisher
National Library of Medicine
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6th - 8th
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Science
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Your Environment, Your Health: Air Quality

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Some scientists argue that air pollution now causes more deaths than smoking. The second unit in a six-part series focuses on air quality. Scholars learn what's in the air, how clean the air around their school is, and what they can do to improve air quality. They also discuss health conditions associated with poor air quality.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

air pollution, particulate matter, the environment

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Repeat the experiment in different seasons to see if that changes the air quality

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires access to many different locations, inside and outside, for testing air quality overnight
  • Consider the weather when scheduling the experiment as precipitation could ruin the results

Pros

  • Provides links to additional resources
  • Applies to pupils' daily lives
  • Lesson format uses a research, experiment, then improve pattern

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.6.2 SL.7.2 SL.8.2 RST.6-8.3 RST.6-8.4

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