Resources for Activity 72: Air We Breathe

Student Pages
An Invisible Gas
Primary Pollutants
Home Radon Exposure Survey

Urban and Community Forestry Website Connections
www.plt.org/cms/urbanforestryEarth & Sky Radio Correlations
This activity can be supplemented with related Earth & Sky radio shows that you can download for use in your classroom. Learn about the PLT and Earth & Sky Initiative.

Related Earth & Sky Shows:
 - John Incardona Links Car Exhaust to Heart Disease 

Additional Resources
ToxMystery makes a game out of identifying sources of toxic chemicals inside the home. Students follow Toxie the cat as they search for hazards in each room in the home.

EPA tools let computer users "see" air quality information on a virtual globe:
Go to the Air Emissions Sources Web site: www.epa.gov/air/emissions
View information in Google Earth format about which facilities emit any of six common pollutants: http://www.epa.gov/air/emissions/where.htm 
See AQI forecasts and current conditions: www.airnow.gov
View air quality information in Google Earth format: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=google_earth.main
EPA is also using the Google Earth platform to display Acid Rain Program data: http://epa.gov/airmarkets/progress/interactivemapping.html