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Clean Air Month
Lesson Plans, Printables & Activities

Lesson Plans for K12 Students
Grade             Lesson
K                       Particulate Matter: The Lorax
K-12th             Air Pollution Baseball
K-12th             Environmental Education Jeopardy
K-12th            Environmental Event: Earth Day Activities
K-12th            It’s Not Trivia
2nd                  Acid Rain: The Disappearing Statue
2nd                 Conserving Electricity: Turn It Off
2nd                 Plants and Oxygen: Breathing Easy
2nd-4th          The Rubber Band Air Test
3rd                  What is Ride Sharing
4th                   Air Pollution: Visible and Invisible
4th                  Particulate Matter: How Dirty is the Air We Breathe?
4th-5th          Ozone Pollution: Smog Alert
4th-8th           Acid Rain Keeps Falling on My Head

US Dept of Education Free Publications, Printables & Lesson Plans
Our World Environment/Earth Day Pages

Children are one of the sensitive groups at risk for health effects from air pollution, in
part because their lungs are still developing. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is an important
tool for letting children know when air quality in their area is unhealthy and how they,
their families, and communities can protect their health. The AQI uses a color-coded
scale and maps to provide daily air quality information. The AQI is available on the
Internet at: www.airnow.gov, and many local newspapers and television and radio
stations also present the AQI

Compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the following Toolkit
provides teachers with easy-to-use and engaging lesson plans, additional activities,
and other resources to teach students about the connections between air quality,
health, weather, and other related science topics, as well as actions students can take
to protect their health and reduce air pollution.

The Toolkit includes:

Key Messages - Bullet point lists of key air quality messages for each age group.
Lesson plans - plans appropriate for:

o Grades K through 2

o Grades 3 through 5

o Grades 6 through 8

Additional activities - Brief descriptions of other activities about air quality that
teachers can conduct with students.
Handouts - Simple one-page, age-appropriate handouts for students on air
quality that highlight how they can protect their health and the environment.
Background Information - for teachers on air quality, the AQI, and related health
impacts, including:

o Fact Sheets:

+ Air Pollution and Health

+ What Is the Air Quality Index?

o Bibliography of curricula, lesson plans, activities, publications, & Websites

National Science Education Standards - Education Standards met listed for
each lesson plan.

* Download Entire Toolkit (PDF, 198 pp., 2.2MB )
      o Download Introduction and Grades K-2 (PDF, 40 pp., 574 KB)
      o Download Grades 3-5 (PDF, 44 pp., 739 KB)
      o Download Grades 6-8 (PDF, 88 pp., 1.3MB)
      o Download Teacher Resources (PDF, 26 pp., 250KB)

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