Elementary GLOBE Air Quality Module

• This module about light and air quality includes an illustrated book, coloring pages, and outdoor activities that will bolster student learning and stimulate inquiry.
• Students will learn about light, how different natural and human-made conditions affect air quality, and how air quality affects the color of the sky.

Positives

• The illustrated book is available in several formats and languages, including PDF, ebook, Arabic, German, French, Norwegian, and Spanish.
• Students will enjoy applying the concepts learned in the book to the hands-on experiments included in the module.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be able to follow one and two step directions in order to complete the experiments.
• In order to complete all the experiments included in this module, you will need the following materials: blue paper, clear cups, water, milk or creamer, eye droppers, spoons, pencils, coloring supplies, prisms, hot glue sticks, penlights, white paper, contact paper, cardboard, clear tape, magnifying glass, six-sided dice, and copies of the materials provided within the module.

Differentiation

• Younger students may need vocabulary defined first and the experiments can be completed as demonstrations if needed.
  
• Cross-curricular connections can be made for lessons about how the environment impacts health, art lessons to practice coloring and drawing, or classes about how people interact with their environment.
• This module would work well as a mini-unit. In terms of pacing, consider reading the book and discussing in one session, using the coloring pages as a reflection after reading, and then working through the experiments in the order listed on the module. 
• The experiments in this module would work well in a station-rotation model, where groups move through the stations on a schedule. This would especially work well if supplies are limited. 
• Consider making copies of the printable book for students to reread during the experiments, as needed.
• As an extension, consider providing students with a log to record the air quality in their neighborhood and discuss their findings.