NeiSci Curriculum: Monitoring Air Quality | Los Angeles Public Library

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Lessons

Lessons are short moments of NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards) aligned direct instruction in the format of either video or slides that inform participants of the knowledge necessary to participate in Citizen Science activities.

Activities

Activities frame the moments of Citizen Science participation through hands-on exploration and creation, which includes the activity of using the Neighborhood Science kits to collect data.

What Is Air Quality?

20 minute lesson

Air quality is a measure of how clean or polluted the air is. Monitoring air quality is important because polluted air can be bad for our health—and the health of the environment.

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Sensing Air Quality

50 minute activity

Sensing and understanding our local air quality is the first step to improving the air we breath. In this activity, we will use the Neighborhood Science kit Monitoring Air Quality (Android Only or iOS/Android) to view and measure air pollutants.

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Improving Air Quality

20 minute lesson

The more we learn about air quality, the more informed we are about why we should improve it and how we can make changes to our lives to reduce our exposure to air pollution.

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