Air Quality

National Public Radio

Acid Rain: K-12 TLC Guide Earth and Environmental Science: K-12 TLC Guide Global Warming: K-12 TLC Guide

Clean Air Acts, 1987 Montreal Protocol

Asthma
Gasoline Engine
Ozone, Smog
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

Air Quality

Acid Rain: K-12 TLC Guide.
Automobiles and the Environment: K-12 TLC Guide.

Air Emissions, GreenTruck.
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Does Methane Gas From Cows Damage Our Environment?, New Zealand Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.
Earth and Sky:
- Why There's More Dust in the Air.
Environmental Models, The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.:
- Atmospheric Cycles: Simplified Carbon Cycle.
- The EKMA/OZIP Scenario.
- Gaussian Plume Model.
- Nitrogen Pentoxide Modeling.
- Smog Photochemistry Modeling.
- Transport of Atmospheric Pollutants.
Isopleth Maps, University of Illinois.
Mayo Clinic:
- Secondhand Smoke: Avoid Dangers in the Air You Breathe.
NASA:
- The Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE).
National Public Radio:

National Safety Council (pdf).

Ozone: K-12 TLC Guide.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Clean Air.
- Indoor Air Quality.
- Ozone Depletion.
- Secondhand Smoke.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:
- Haze:
  - Part 1.
  - Part 2.

Air Quality

Clean Air Act of
1970:

American Meteorological Society.
History Channel.
- 12/17/1963: Congress Passes Clean Air Act.
Clean Air Act of 1970::
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - Clean Air Act & Congressional Powers: 11/7/00 (8:44).
    - 11/7/00: The Issues (8:44).
    - 11/7/00: Supreme Court Arguments (6:00).

Air Quality

Ozone

Molina, Mario Jose: K-12 TLC Guide.

09/16/1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer:

United Nations:

Environment Programme.
Industrial Development Organization.

Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study.
American University.
Canada, Government of.
Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
European Union.
International Air Transport Association.
Manchester Metropolitan University.
United States Environmental Protection Agency.
University of Oslo.

Air & Waste Management Association.
American Association for the Advancement of Science:

Sea Salt and Ground-level Ozone (audio: 1:25).

Australia Broadcasting Corporation:

Ozone Layer Depletion Stopped.

BBC:

Sherwood Rowland: Ozone Pioneer.
Venus Springs Ozone Layer Surprise.

Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC):

Argonne National Laboratory.
Australian Bureau of Meteorology.
Cartage.
Columbia University.
The Encyclopedia of Earth.
Max Planck Institute.
Monterey Peninsula College.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (pdf).
The Ozone Hole.
Science & Environmental Policy Project.
Science Daily.
U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Weather Underground.

University of Texas (pdf).

Columbia University.
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (September 16):

United Nations:

Environment Programme.
General Assembly.

Natural Resources Conservation Authority of Jamaica.
Sustainable Development Networking Programme: Bangladesh.

NASA:
- Controversy Surrounding Ozone Depletion.
- Good News and a Puzzle.
- The Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE).
- Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS).
National Academies of Sciences.

National Public Radio:
- New Ozone Hole over the Arctic: 5/30/00 (3:30).
Oxides of Nitrogen: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Ozone Hole.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
United Nations:
- United Nations Environment Program (pdf).
University of Alaska.
University Corporation for Atomospheric Research.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:
- Ozone Hole.
- Ozone Hunt in the Antarctic.

Air Quality

Smog

1948 Donora, Pennsylvania Killer Smog: K-12 TLC Guide.

California Department of Consumer Affairs.
Environment Canada:

Fact Sheet.

GASP: Group Against Smog and Pollution.
Health Canada.
Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Living Landscapes.

National Public Radio:

Photochemical Smog:

Ask a Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory.
Britannica.
Middle Tennessee State University.
Monga Bay.
Northern Arizona University.
Palomar College.
Shodor.
University of California.
Windows to the Universe, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.

ThinkQuest.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Smog City.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

10/26/1948: Donora, Pennsylvania Killer Smog.

Air Quality

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

09/16/1987: Montreal Protocol: Int'l Day for Protection of Ozone Layer.

10/26/1948: Donora, Pennsylvania Killer Smog.


Molina, Mario Jose

Grades 5-8:
- Danger In The Air!, Live From Earth & Mars.
Grades 6-12:
- Indoor Air Pollution Particulate Matter,
  Carolyn Hayes, Center Grove High School,
  Center Grove Schools, IN.

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This guide last edited 03/12/2012
This guide last revised 02/18/2010