Table of Contents

Key to Symbols:

	=	Air Quality Lesson/Activity
	=	Transportation Lesson/Activity
	=	Activity
	=	Lesson

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Activity/Lesson Click on link to view items.	Grade
Introduction
Learning From Stories	K-5
Making an Alphabet Book	K-5
Moving Air!	K-5
What is Air?	K-5
What is Air? Air is a Gas!	K-5
What is Air? It Moves and It Smells!	K-5
How We Know Air is There	1-3
What is Air? How Living Things Use It	1-3
Air Quality and Transportation	2-8
Conserving Electricity: Turn It Off	1-3
The Day the Air Pollution Gremlins Came to Town	2-4
Acid Rain: The Disappearing Statue	2-5
What is Air? Is It Clean?	2-5
Air Pollution Word Search Activity	2-12
Discovering Ways To Use Energy Wisely	3-5
Exploring Alternative-Fuel Vehicles	3-5
Smog	3-5
Studying the Sun	3-5
Using Alternative Energy in the Home	3-5
Wasting Energy at Home?	3-5
Energy Sources	3-6
How Much Energy Do You Use?	3-6
Making Decisions	3-9
What is RideSharing	3-12
Particle Pollution: How Dirty is the Air We Breathe?	4
Acid Rain: An Air Pollutant	4-6
Air Terms: The Flash Card Game	4-6
Energy Activities	4-7
Designing a Clean-Air Environment	4-9
Harmful Effects of Acid Rain	5-8
How Green Are We	5-12
Air Pollution Control	6-8
Converting Fuels to Obtain Energy	6-8
Highs and Lows	6-8
Looking at Data	6-8
Oxygen and Ozone	6-8
Temperature Inversion	6-8
The Awful Eight Lesson Plan	6-8
How Does a Cloud Form?	6-9
Acid Rain	6-10
Tracking Air Quality	6-10
Deciding to Clean the Air	6-12
Hop on the Bus, Gus!	6-12
Hot & Cold Running Oil	6-12
Inventing a Monitor	6-12
The Pressure's On	6-12
What a Drag!	6-12
The Cost of Pollution	7-12
Researching Renewable Energy	8-10
Temperature Inversion	8-10
Is Your Air Clean	8-10
Finding Sources of Air Pollution	9-12
Lifestyles and the Environment	9-12
Testing a Windmill Generator & Wind Power Basics	9-12
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Reading List
Appendix C: Index
Acknowledgments

To request a free copy of the curriculum or for more information, please contact:

Brenda Williams, Programs Manager

8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 700
 San Antonio, TX 78217
Phone (210) 362-5246
Fax (210) 225-5937
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