What is SMOG?
| Students profile/age of the student: | 6-12 years old |
| Connected subject in the curriculum | Geography, physics, biology |
| Skills and competencies to be developed | critical thinking, content knowledge, listening skills |
| Terminology, keywords | Air pollution, smog |
| Teaching techniques and tools: | storytelling, presentation |
| Materials needed: | PPT presentation (laptop, multimedia) |
| Materials offered | slideshare.net/LisaGardiner2/air-pollution-imagesscied.ucar.edu/teaching-box/air-quality |
| Time needed for the activity | 10 – 20 minutes |
Description
Show images of air pollution around the world in the “SMOG: What it looks like and where it comes from slideshow”.
slideshare.net/LisaGardiner2/air-pollution-images
Have students consider the colors they see in the sky and where the air pollution is visible in each scene. The second half of the presentation includes images of sources of air pollution. Before showing the slides, assess student knowledge about what air pollution is, what it looks like, and pollution sources.
What is SMOG?