Air quality

Activities

Here are two activities to help in teaching this topic. If you have any comments please contact Jo Oladejo at the Curriculum Centre.

1. Air Quality in Mumbai

This exercise uses a news item about a policy change in Mumbai as a lead into a discussion about the quality of that decision and the use or abuse of evidence to critique the decision.

Teacher Notes and Student Sheets (, 115 KB)

2. Air Pollution

  (estimated time: 10 minutes)

This is a simple activity to summarise the effects of some of the components of air pollution.

Activity (, 69 KB)

3. Argument - Air pollution

  (estimated time: 30 - 40 minutes)

In this activity students use cards with different pieces of evidence some for and some against tighter regulations. They can use the evidence in different ways; to construct an argument where the claim is supported by several grounds, to criticise the evidence as effective support for a claim and to learn about counter-argument and rebuttal.

Teacher notes and student sheets (, 189 KB)

4. Measurement errors

Some ideas for a quick activity to demonstrate the inherent error in any measurement, using thermometers, watches or rulers. It shows how even a simple measurement is subject to both random and systematic error.

Teacher Notes (, 104 KB)