Air Pollution

What do we need to survive?SunAirWaterSoil

How do our lungs work? http://www.lung.org/your-lungs/how-lung

s-work/

What keeps you alive? Air

What happens to our lungs if we breath in good air?

What happens to our lungs if we breath in bad air?

What causes air pollution? Smog (ozone)

Gas that hurts the lungs. You can’t see or smell it

Sunlight turns car exhaust and industrial emissions into smog

What causes air pollution? Particles in the air

Gasoline Burning Fields

What can you think of? Air pollution is caused by every day

activities. What can you think of that people and machines do every day?

Driving Cars Smoking Factories Burning Trash Fires Flying Planes Spraying chemicals Burning fields

How can air pollution harm you? Have your lungs ever hurt when you’ve gone

outside? Have you had a hard time catching your breath? Health Effects:

Irritated Eyes Sore Throat Cough Headache Chest Tightness Shortness of Breath Wheezing Feel Tired Nausea

What chemicals are in the air? Carbon Monoxide

Where does it come from? No color or smell Gas

Nitrogen Acids Comes during rush hour from cars

Hydrocarbons Caused when petrol is not fully burnt

Particulates Small Dust and fumes in the air Caused by vehicles, factories, and burning coal for heating

Smog Alert! What can you do when the air is not

healthy? Avoid running and bicycling outside Play indoors Pay attention to how you feel Drink a lot of fluids Avoid dust, smoke, and sprays Carpool

What can you do to keep the air clean?

What can you do to keep the air clean?

What can you do to keep the air clean?

What can you do to keep the air clean?

What can you do to keep the air clean?

What can you do to keep the air clean?

Air Quality Chart

Let’s Read…”Why is Coco Orange?” http://

www.epa.gov/airnow/picturebook/coco's-orange-day-web.pdf

What is asthma? What is an air quality chart? Why is an air quality chart useful? What causes the air quality to change

each day?

What is the Clean Air Act? Funds for Federal Research in air

pollution Regards to pollution control Monitors, controls , and minimizes air

pollution Establishes a program to phase out the

use of chemicals that harm the ozone layer

Next slide…. In the next slide, you will need to record

what the AQI was for the indicated year on your graph. Then record where the compares to on the chart.

What was Atchison’s Air Quality Index up to 2009?

Let’s do an activity! Let’s go to…..

http://www.teacherplanet.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/airproj/genopenaqi.html

Get Ready!Go!