Learn about volcanic ash and watch a visualization of the Calbuco volcano to see how ash travels around the world.
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In this lesson, students will explore the effect of aerosols on sky color and visibility by using an interactive virtual model.
Using hourly graphs of PM 2.5 data and HYSPLIT model trajectories, students will collect evidence for the effects of fireworks on air quality.
Students differentiate between data sets of monthly shortwave radiation and monthly cloud coverage to discover a relationship between radiation and clouds by answering analysis questions.
Students visit a NASA Website called "Eyes on the Earth" to view satellite missions in 3D circling the Earth and learn to navigate to specific satellites to learn about their capability of analyzing our changing planet and air quality.
In this lesson, students will explore the effect of aerosols on sky color and visibility by using an interactive virtual model.
Students observe how air quality changes over time, for a selected location, using data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Students watch videos and review articles related to ozone as a pollutant at ground level, and how ozone impacts environment, then provide their understanding in groups.
Students watch videos and/or review articles related to particulate matter and how this pollutant is monitored and measured, then provide their understanding individually or in groups.
Students will analyze a graph showing the amounts of peak energy received at local noon each day over the year changes with different latitudes.