Atmosphere - Colorado Air Quality - Molina, Rowland, Crutzan
Unit Question - How do the solutions explored about atmospheric changes affect your predictions for the state of human societies and the biosphere decades from now?
Guiding Question:
How do atmospheric systems contribute to the stability of life on Earth? (6.1)
How does human activity change the equilibrium of the ozone layer? (6.4)
Email FoCo Utilities - Tanner (for utilities) (old contact Micah) - to present in next unit
Be sure to sign up for the Climate Summit at CSU - Feb 27 (all students)
Look up and Join? -
Colorado Envirothon? - https://www.coloenvirothon.org/colorado-state-competition.html
(possible scholarship $ to CSU?
Winning Team gets a 5 day all expenses paid trip to the National Competition)
March 4 and 5 in Denver. Optional overnight stay if students want to pay for it.
Need a team of 5 for full participation.
$500 Team registration.
CSU Climate Summit (Field Trip)
HOMEWORK - Notes for 6.1 through 6.4
Lesson 1 - Air Pollution and Smog (6.1) - Jan 7, 8 - student demo setup needed
ADD - See Attune website - for PHS air quality monitoring data. Bookmark in the "Science" folder in Google.
Lesson 2 - Particulate Matter Pollution - Jan 9, 10 - PM probes inside or outside if warm enough
Lesson 3 - The Atmosphere (6.1) - Jan 13, 14 - plastic bag and globe model
Lesson 4 - The Greenhouse Effect (6.1) - Jan 17, 21 (tupperware in Faulkners room)
Lesson 5 - Atmospheric Changes and Albedo (6.1) - Jan 15, 16 (watch the weather - put on a day that we can go outside)
(IB 11th Graders will miss class on Jan 23 - CAS session)
Internal Assessment - Final Draft Work Day - Jan 22, 23
(due Feb 14) Common things to fix
Lesson 6 - The Ozone Layer and Montreal Protocol (6.2) - Jan 24, 27
Lesson 7 - Ozone: Stratosphere vs Ground Level (6.2) - Jan 28, 29
Lesson 8 - Air Pollution Solutions and You (6.3) - Jan 30, 31
Lesson 9 - Acid Deposition (6.4)- Feb 3, 4
Lesson 10 - Unit Test - Atmosphere, Air, and Air Pollution - Feb 5, 6
Collect IA rubrics back
Note check - Chapter 6.1-6.4
Internal Assessments due Feb 14
Grade test same day
https://ncar.ucar.edu/what-we-offer/education-outreach/public/ncar-explorer-series/ozone-gardens