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Air Pollution: Air Pollution: What's the Solution?What's the Solution? Using Real Time Data to Teach Air PollutionUsing Real Time Data to Teach Air Pollution

SpeakerAir Quality Workshop for TeachersLocationDate

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Project GoalsProject Goals

Guide student discovery of the causes and effects of ground-level ozone pollution

Engage students through the use of online real time data gathered by government air scientists

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Project DevelopersProject Developers

Developed by the Stevens Institute of Technology, Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education

Funded by the U.S. EPA Supervised by the

nonprofit Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management and U.S. EPA

                                                              

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Project DescriptionProject Description

Designed for Grades 6 - 9Correlates with National Science

Education Standards Meets the Excellence in

Environmental Education: Guidelines for Learning (K-12) objectives

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Real Time DataReal Time Data

Technology can be a catalyst to improve K-12 education:

Increases problem-solving and critical thinking abilities

Enables visualization of complex concepts or phenomena

Promotes interactivity Facilitates exploration of selected topics in greater

depth Provides opportunity for involvement in authentic

tasks 

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Project DescriptionProject Description

Use as a self-contained module or integrate lessons into existing curriculum

Contains six core lessons and four enrichment lessons

Can be taught in as few as six class sessions or expanded to 10 - 12 classes

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Project DescriptionProject Description

Can be accessed on the internet or downloaded

Uses colorful maps and animations to show ozone formation throughout the U.S.

Is interactive, fun and engaging

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Skills and Knowledge AcquiredSkills and Knowledge Acquired

Students will be able to: Describe what ozone is, how it is

formed and what the health effects are from breathing ground-level ozone

Create graphs to help visualize or recognize trends

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Skills and Knowledge AcquiredSkills and Knowledge Acquired

Predict when and where ground-level ozone may occur

Use knowledge gained to create awareness about ground-level ozone and the associated health effects

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ActivitiesActivities

Core Activities Ozone Between Us Weather’s Role Tracking Ozone Will There Be Ozone

Tomorrow? Smog City What Can You Do?

Enrichment Activities Create Your Own

Investigation People at Risk What is Your AQI? Transport

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Features of Each ActivityFeatures of Each Activity

Step-by-step proceduresStudent WorksheetsLearn More Area for students Teacher Area – background

informationEmbedded links to relevant web sites

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The Ozone Between Us http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/

lessonscore1.html

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The Ozone Between UsThe Ozone Between Us

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Student Worksheet

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Weather’s RoleWeather’s Rolehttp://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore2.htmlhttp://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore2.html

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Weather’s RoleWeather’s Role

New England Maps for August 13, 2002

                                                                                                                               

                          

                                                  

                          

                          

                          

                          

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What Can You Do? What Can You Do? http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore6.htmlhttp://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/lessonscore6.html

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Air Pollution: What’s the Solution?Air Pollution: What’s the Solution?

www.airnow.gov

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