Air

Join us on a quest to discover what is in the air.

Day One

What is Air?

• Study the composition of Air. Make a pie graph showing what air is made of.  ( Science & Math)

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002621F/Nick1.htm

http://middleschoolscience.net/wst_page5.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air

Vocabulary: cellular respiration, nitrogen, oxygen, gases, respiration, water vapor, carbon dioxide

  

Day Two

Layers of the Atmosphere

• Make a model of the layers of the Atmosphere. ( Science)

On the model label each layer: miles from earth, temperature, what happens in that layer.

  

 

Day Three

Air Pollution

• Review Layers of the Atmosphere. ( Comprehension)
• Discover what air pollution is. ( Reading)

http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/assistance/education/air/search_puzzle.pdf

• How does Air Pollution effect the environment? How does Air Pollution effect you?  ( Reading, critical thinking)

http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids.index ( simple easy to understand)

http://coe.mse.ac.in/kidsair.asp Upper Elementary to older kids.

• Do Index Card Experiment http://web.stclair.k12.il.us/splashd/airquexp.htm ( doing Science)

Index card has packing tape sticky side up on it.

Location of the cards is printed on the back. Leave in place for 24 hours.

• Do Vocabulary Puzzle. ( spelling and vocabulary)
• Read: The Elements of Oxygen by John Farndone  Benchmark Books 1999  ( Reading)

Other sites that may be helpful.

http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/niehs/ambient/teacher/air/Tair.html ( some good information and experiments within the site. You need to search the site)

http://www.cleanairprogress.org/classroom/index.asp Video on Clean Air Act, sites for older kids.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/knowzone/kids/clrbk/index.htm Good for younger kids

Day Four

Air Pollution Cont....

• Finish Index Card Experiment (science)

 

Examine particals with a magnifying glass. Compare and Contrast the different cards.

• Find air pollutants in the house.  (science and home ec)

 

Day Five

•  Blue Sky Experiment: How do the particles in the atmosphere cause the sky to look blue and the sun to look yellow? http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/sky.asp (science)

  http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html

  http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/14B.html

  Why is the sky blue? Experiment was found in: Janice Van Cleave’s Weather Page 8. You can also find something similar here: http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/blue_sky.html

Another Cool Experiment:  (more fun science)

http://www.csiro.au/resources/ps1ti.html