• This resource is an activity-based lesson plan through which students get to collect and observe air pollution samples to explore how pollution affects our daily lives. 

Positives

• The lesson is quite easy to implement.
• It's a hands-on lesson that will engage students.

Additional Prerequisites

• This activity is designed for two class periods one week apart.
• Teachers will need the materials listed in the lesson plan, some of which are more unusual, like wire coat hangers, knee-high hose, and petroleum jelly.

Differentiation

• Teachers should consider carrying out this activity in groups to foster teamwork and conserve materials.
• As an offshoot of this activity, students can be challenged to make graphic art or posters to create more awareness about the harmful effect of air pollution.
• Teachers could expand on this lesson by having students research air pollution and its health effects in their region.
• Other similar lessons are  What's Up There Besides Air? by the EPA and Catching Pollution by Population Connection.

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