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Description
Healthy Air Versus Polluted Air Quality is a short activity that focuses on the causes of air pollution and how air quality effects our health.
The activity begins with a class discussion of what affects air quality both positively and negatively. Next the students watch the video "Air Pollution 101". Afterwards, they participate in a breathing exercise in which they breath through a straw both prior to and following exercising in an effort to simulate breathing with asthma The activity concludes by discussing global solutions to the air quality problem.
General Assessment
Recommendation of how and where to use it
The activity is well suited for the middle school Science classroom with a focus on climate and the effects of human activity on the Earth. It could also be used to support the teaching of outcomes that address body systems, specifically the respiratory system.
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- Alberta
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- Grade 6
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- Science
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- Matter and Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened through investigating matter and energy
- Students investigate climate and describe the interactions between the Sun, water, air, and land.
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- Environmental Chemistry
- Knowledge and Employability Science: Environmental Chemistry (Social and Environmental Contexts Emphasis)
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- Global Issues and Governance: Complex global problems require international cooperation to make difficult choices for the future.
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- Science 7: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
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- People & Places in the World: Global Quality of Life
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- Interactions in Our Environment
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- Living Things
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- The Living World
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- Global Issues and Governance: Complex global problems require international cooperation to make difficult choices for the future.
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- Science 7: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Ozone Depletion
Energy (1)
- Energy Use
Human Health & Environment (2)
- Environmental Contaminants & Health Hazards
- Quality of Life
