AQI Detectors
Overview
Students will learn about the Air Quality Index (AQI)and how to find daily air quality.
Activity Type:
Lesson
Target Grade Level:
3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Estimated Duration:
Varies
Topics:
Air
Possible Connections to NGSS |
Performance Expectations 4-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and their uses affect the environment. 5-ESS3-1: Combine and obtain information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect Earth’s resources and environment. MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. MS-ESS3-5: Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century. HS-ESS2-2: Analyze geoscience data to make the claim that one change to Earth's surface can create feedbacks that cause changes to other Earth systems. |
Created by:
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’s Environmental Education for Kids
