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300 1. What are air pollutants?
300 2. What are the natural and anthropogenic causes of air pollutants?
300 3. What are the major categories of air pollutants?
300 4. What are the differences between primary and secondary pollutants?
300 5. What are the harmful effects of air pollutans and what can we do about the problem?
400 * Properties of pollutants
400 * Thermal inversions
400 * Smog: its componets and effects
400 * Major outdoor air pollutants, their properties, sources both man-made and natural
400 * The effects of each major pollutant on humans, the environment and the economy
400 * Indoor air pollution: its causes and effects, threshold level, dose
400 * The Clean Air Act, past and present
400 * Technologies for reducing air pollution, both indoor and outdoor
500 * Use of  mobile lab technology including Microsoft Publisher
500 * Research with appropriate documentation
500 * Production of visual material (informational brochure)
500 * Critical reading, thinking
500 * Oral presentation
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600 All students will:
600 * Work alone or with a partner to create an informational brochure on a chosen major air pollutant
600 * Present their pollutant to the class in an oral presentation
600 * Gain an understanding of the role of humans in producing air pollution
600 * Gain an awareness of the effects of pollutants and their role in reducing this problem
700 * Objective/subjective testing 40%/60%, open note
700 * Graded informational brochure
700 * Written homework assignments
700 * Oral presentation
700 * Class discussion
800 Video:
800 Indoor Air Pollution
820 * Class text
820 * Mobile labs
820 * Printed resource information
820 * VCR
820 * Video