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Learners build a filter from old soda bottles and dirt. They create polluted water, and pour it through their filter to clean it.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Learners use red cabbage juice and pH indicator paper to test the acidity and basicity of household materials. The activity links this concept of acids and bases to acid rain and other pollutants.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners build a simple aneroid barometer to learn about changes in barometric pressure and weather forecasting. They observe their barometer and record data over a period of days.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 1 to 4 weeks
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Learners conduct a simple experiment to model and explore the harmful effects of acid rain (vinegar) on living (green leaf and eggshell) and non-living (paper clip) objects.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 4 to 24 hours
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Learners use M&Ms® (or any other multi-color, equally-sized small candy or pieces) to create a pie graph that expresses the composition of air.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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How does a green roof, or roof covered by plants, affect the temperature of the inside and outside of a building? Learners design and build houses to find out the answer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity on page 27, learners perform an experiment to learn about how different types of marine debris degrade and how weather and sunlight affect the rate of degradation.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 12 months
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Learners blow into balloons and collect their breath--carbon dioxide gas (CO2). They then blow the CO2 from the balloon into a solution of acid-base indicator.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners build particulate matter collectors--devices that collect samples of visible particulates present in polluted air.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners develop awareness and understanding of the daily air quality using the Air Quality Index (AQI) listed in the newspaper or online.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (on pages 10-17), learners discover how scientists study biodiversity and the health of the environment based on inspection of small areas—a process known as sampling.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners identify different plastics in a mystery bag. Learners discover that plastics are classified #1 through #7.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this demonstration, learners compare and contrast regular water ice to dry ice (frozen carbon dioxide). Both samples are placed in a solution of acid-base indicator.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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Learners observe a simple balloon model of an electrostatic precipitator. These devices are used for pollutant recovery in cleaning industrial air pollution.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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Working in groups, learners model the continuous destruction and creation of ozone (O3) molecules, which occur in the ozone layer.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners observe and discuss a vacuum cleaner as a model of a baghouse, a device used in cleaning industrial air pollution.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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This is an activity about turbidity, or the amount of sediment suspended in water.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners build a model of a self-sustaining habitat (growing grass and beans from seeds).

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - adult 1 to 7 days
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Learners develop an understanding of air pressure in two different activities.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners build devices from rubber bands to test for invisible air pollutants.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes