Teacher Resource
Air Pollution
1. In your own words, explain what air pollution is.
2. What is smog?
3. What causes air pollution?
4. How is air pollution measured?
5. Finish the following sentence: The air was so bad that India’s government decided to…
6. What health problems can air pollution cause?
7. Why are young people particularly vulnerable?
8. About how many children around the world are breathing dangerous air?
a. 100 million
b. 200 million
c. 300 million
9. What can be done to reduce air pollution?
10. Name three facts you learnt watching the Air Pollution story.
Class discussion
Discuss the BtN Air Pollution story and use the following questions to guide the discussion:
· What’s in the air? (Mixture of gases – what are they?)
· What is air pollution?
· What causes air pollution?
· What impact can air pollution have? (health of humans, the environment – plants and animals)
· Why impact can air pollution have on children?
· What is the air quality like in Australia? What human activities impact on air quality in Australia?
Glossary
Develop a glossary of words and terms that relate to air pollution. Below are some words to get you started. Add words and meanings to your glossary as you come across unfamiliar words throughout your research. Consider using pictures and diagrams to illustrate meanings.
Oxygen / Atmosphere / Pollutants / MoleculePollution / Emissions / Smog / Air toxics
Students will investigate in more depth some questions they have about air pollution and the impact it has.
Define: What do I want to know?Key questions to research
Students can choose one or more of the following questions or come up with their own:
· What are the types of air pollution?
· What causes air pollution?
· What are the consequences of air pollution?
· How can the air pollution be reduced?
· How does air pollution impact on the liveability of a place?
Locate: Where do I find the information?
What resources will help answer my questions? (Internet, people, resource centre, organisations, print). Discuss with students what a reliable source is.
Select: What information is important for the investigation?
Students may need support to sort through and select relevant information.
Organise: How do I make sense of the information?
Students can organise their research by creating main headings from their questions. Write each heading on a separate piece of paper. Record the information found for each question.
Present: How do we let others know about this information?
Students need to decide on the best way to present the information. Possibilities could include:
· A multi- media presentation
· An Infographic
· An oral report
· A website using Weebly
Evaluate: What have we learnt?
Students reflect on what they have learnt about air pollution during their investigation and respond to the following:
· What I learned...
· What I found surprising...
· How my thinking changed…
Create a Quiz
Use Kahoot! to test students’ knowledge about air pollution. Quizzes can be created to recap learning or test personal knowledge. There is also the option to connect with classrooms around the world and play kahoot in real time.
ABC News – Delhi closes schools, halts construction to tackle pollution
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-06/delhi-shuts-schools-halts-construction-to-tackle-pollution/7999224
ABC News – New Delhi smog selfies show `poison’ covering city
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-07/smog-selfies-show-new-delhi's-air-pollution/8001386
ABC News – Almost one in seven children suffer due to high air pollution, UNICEF says
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-31/one-in-seven-children-suffer-high-air-pollution:-unicef/7980712
National Geographic – Air Pollution
http://nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/air-pollution/
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