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3rd Grade
Hazy Days         To learn more about particulate matter, students play a game in which cilia try to protect lungs from particles.
           
4th Grade
Monitoring Air Pollution         Using homemade particulate matter collectors, students analyze pollution from various school locations.
           
5th Grade
The Six Infamous Air Pollutants (also meets 8th grade standards)         A mock press conference helps students learn and categorize each of the six major air pollutants.
           
Traffic Jams         Students explore how vehicles contribute to air pollution through the use of equations, data colection and graphing.
           
Green Vehicles         Students research new technologies to reduce vehicle emission and then create presentations to market those vehicles that feature their favorite air pollution solutions.
           
6th Grade
Air Pollution in Metro Atlanta and Georgia         Using an interactive AQI calculator, students forecast pollution levels and issue Smog Alerts in the land of Atlantis.
           
Weather and Ground-Level Ozone         Students analyze relationships among weather and ozone levels and create an advertising campaign to help reduce air pollution.
           
Ozone: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly         Experiments using sunscreen and UV-detecting beads help students distinguish between ground-leel ozone and stratospheric ozone. Students can also create "smog in a jar."
           
Heat Islands         Students get hands-on experience by measuring the temperature above different types of outdoor surfaces.
           
Air Pollution and Electrical Energy Production (also meets 8th grade standards)         In this investigation of pollution created through the production of electricity, students build a water wheel to explore hydropower as an alternative energy source.
           
What Do Light Bulbs Have to do with Air Pollution (also meets 8th grade standards)         Students conduct a home energy audit and calculate the impact of energy conservation where they live.
           
7th Grade
Every Breath You Take         After learning the part os the respiratory system, students make a working lung model, then modify it to demonstrate air pollution-induced health effects..
           
Lung Power and Air Pollution         Students decipher the Air Quality Index (AQI) by analyzing data, building a device to measure lung capacity, and comparing results between days with good and bad air quality.
           
8th Grade
The Properties of Air         Students explore by building air cannons, heating air-filled ballons, separating hydrogen and oxygen from water, observing air as it is released from plants, and testing for the presence of carbon dioxide.
           
The Chemistry of Air Pollution         Students play the computer game "Planet Polluto" and simulate chemical reactions in a game of ozone tag.