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Environmental Science (GEN) 563
Air Pollution
TIME FRAME: 1 1/2 weeks
GRADE: 11-12
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 4
1. What are air pollutants?
2. What are the natural and anthropogenic causes of air pollutants?
3. What are the major categories of air pollutants?
4. What are the differences between primary and secondary pollutants?
5. What are the harmful effects of air pollutans and what can we do about the problem?
* Properties of pollutants
* Thermal inversions
* Smog: its componets and effects
* Major outdoor air pollutants, their properties, sources both man-made and natural
* The effects of each major pollutant on humans, the environment and the economy
* Indoor air pollution: its causes and effects, threshold level, dose
* The Clean Air Act, past and present
* Technologies for reducing air pollution, both indoor and outdoor
* Use of mobile lab technology including Microsoft Publisher
* Research with appropriate documentation
* Production of visual material (informational brochure)
* Critical reading, thinking
* Oral presentation
All students will:
* Work alone or with a partner to create an informational brochure on a chosen major air pollutant
* Present their pollutant to the class in an oral presentation
* Gain an understanding of the role of humans in producing air pollution
* Gain an awareness of the effects of pollutants and their role in reducing this problem
* Objective/subjective testing 40%/60%, open note
* Graded informational brochure
* Written homework assignments
* Oral presentation
* Class discussion
Video:
Indoor Air Pollution
* Class text
* Mobile labs
* Printed resource information
* VCR
* Video