Show a Chart with AQI Color zones.  

Pear Deck: What do you think this chart shows? What do the colors mean?

Demonstrate an understanding of the primary sources and factors contributing to air pollution, including natural and human-induced causes

Introduce AQI and its importance.

Pear Deck: How might the air quality affect what you do outside?

• • Why do people sometimes wear masks on polluted days?

  • Guess the air quality of our city today.

Students explore AQI around the globe on a real time AQI tracker.

Show images of sources of pollution.

Peardeck: Students explain how the sources contribute to air pollution

Summarize key contributors (vehicles, factories, etc.)

 Divide students into groups of 5 and assign each an air pollution cause.

2. Explain the group work task to students:  link

     Peer grading rubrics: link

 Students work in groups using content from AFC site to prepare presentations 

Groups present their work to the class.

Students use peer grading rubrics for evaluating presentations. link

Assign workbook 1.2 Q. 2., Q.3, Q.4a, Q.5 to reinforce concepts discussed during group presentation.

Assign an updated article on air pollution on Google Classroom, and have students read it individually and answer related questions.

Students share their homework learning and discuss how air pollutants enter and harm the body.

Evaluate the environmental, health, and societal consequences of air pollution

 Activity 1:

• • Have students individually breathe through a straw for 30 seconds, then pinch it slightly and repeat to observe the difference.

  • Peardeck: Was it harder to breathe? How did it feel?"

  • Explain effect of pollution on humans.

  • Pear Deck: Which of the following is an effect of air pollution on human health?

Assign workbook 1.4 Q.1, Q.4: b, c, d to reinforce concepts discussed in mini lesson.

Assign google form on classroom.