Grade Level: 6-8
Use the AirNow.gov website to determine current air quality in US locations, as well as other information.
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Featured Mini Lessons
How is My Air?
Grade Level: 6-8
Use the AirNow.gov website to determine current air quality in US locations, as well as other information.
Identifying Patterns in PM 2.5
Grade Level: 9-12
Students will synthesize information from maps that show population, concentrations of PM2.5, and PM2.5-attributable mortality across the globe in order to draw conclusions about the relationship between particulate pollution and human health.
Multiyear Time Plots for Air Quality Data
Grade Level: 6-8
Students observe how air quality changes over time, for a selected location, using data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Energy and Matter: Dust Transport
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
This mini lesson engages students in watching a NASA video related to accumulated dust that makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest using NASA's CALIPSO satellite.
Kuril Islands Volcanoes
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Compare images from two volcanic eruptions in the Kuril Islands which occurred ten years apart and complete a graphic organizer for impacts on different Earth spheres.
Analyzing a Volcanic Ash Model
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Learn about volcanic ash and watch a visualization of the Calbuco volcano to see how ash travels around the world.
Introduction to Volcanic Ash
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Watch NASA videos about aerosols and volcanic ash.
Grade Level: 9-12
Students will synthesize information from maps that show population, concentrations of PM2.5, and PM2.5-attributable mortality across the globe in order to draw conclusions about the relationship between particulate pollution and human health.
Grade Level: 6-8
Students observe how air quality changes over time, for a selected location, using data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Grade Level: 3-5,
6-8
Compare images from two volcanic eruptions in the Kuril Islands which occurred ten years apart and complete a graphic organizer for impacts on different Earth spheres.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Learn about volcanic ash and watch a visualization of the Calbuco volcano to see how ash travels around the world.
Grade Level: 6-8,
9-12
Watch NASA videos about aerosols and volcanic ash.
Grade Level: 6-8
Students review a video that models the global impact of smoke from fires to develop an understanding of how models can be used to interpret and forecast phenomena in the Earth System.
