• Describe the formation of primary, secondary, and indoor air pollutants
• Relate pollutants to smog and thermal inversions
• Investigate the impact of air quality on the environment

Driving to a Cleaner Future
Newspaper Activities

The Pollution Problem
Students will identify various particles found in the air.
Students will understand the relationship between the condition of the air and human health.

What is pollution and smog?
The students will learn about air pollution and how it forms.  The students will develop smog and infer how it occurs in nature.  The students will learn the components of air pollution.

Acid Rain And How It Affects Our Environment
Demonstrate phenomenologically the effects of acid rain on our
environment and perform long-term "real-time" experiments.

Air Pollution
To develop a greater awareness of the variety and amount of
particulate matter in the air.  To determine relationships between amount of pollution and
time of day or week.  To locate general sources of pollution for the area and to
develop some suggestions for improving air quality.

Air Quality
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Identify how air quality is measured, identify various human activities that negatively effect air quality, and identify and discuss human activities that positively effect air quality.

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