Air Quality Vocabulary Cards
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15 minutesGrades3, 4, 5Science, Health
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Written by Elizabeth Ward
About this activity
- These online vocabulary cards go over useful terms about air pollution, environmental justice, and climate change.
- The vocabulary terms are defined and accompanied by an illustrative image.
Everything you need to teach it
- Air Quality Vocabulary CardsView Activity
Teaching tips
Positives
- Each vocabulary word has a descriptive and colorful picture with it.
- The definitions are easy to understand for a variety of grade levels.
Additional Prerequisites
- Make sure to read the printing suggestions on slide 2.
- If you want to edit these slides, click "File" > "Make a copy" to create your own copy of the slideshow.
Differentiation
- Teachers could make a quiz that gauges students' knowledge of these words.
- For English Language Learners, it may be useful to translate these words before these students dive into the slides.
- After allowing students to learn the words, the teacher could facilitate a classroom competition where students show their vocabulary or spelling knowledge and try to win prizes.
- These cards could accompany a lesson about sources of air pollution, how it is connected to climate change, and how we can minimize it in the future.
From the scientist review
This resource from SubjectToClimate contains seventeen (17) vocabulary words that can be used as word wall decals for an air quality lesson or as digital flashcards if used in the slide deck. The deck contains words and definitions associated with air quality. This deck would be a great addition to a classroom word wall or as an air quality vocabulary review.
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Elizabeth Ward
Elizabeth Ward, B.S., is SubjectToClimate's Chief Product Officer. She has more than 12 years of teaching experience across 3rd-grade science and social studies, Kindergarten, and online EFL, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with an Early Childhood Endorsement. She has spent 8 years in the education sector, spanning curriculum development and ed tech. Outside of work, she loves exploring the natural beauty of her home state of Texas.
