Air Pollution Detecting Gardens

Students will learn about biomonitoring – what it means, how it is used, and how we can use it to learn more about our schoolyard garden.

Concepts: N/A

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Essential Questions

What is biomonitoring and how can it help us recognize the effects of pollution?
How can we use biomonitoring techniques to learn more about our schoolyard garden?

Standards Addressed

S3L2. Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans on the environment.

Review

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Explorations

Smoke coming out of top of factory.

Making Models to Demonstrate Electrostatic Cyclone Hoppers

View or factory town with polluted skies.

Making Models to Demonstrate Electrostatic Precipitators

Bright green grass.

Monitoring the Biology

Lush green plants.

Understanding Biomonitoring