Is There Dirt In My Air?

SCIENCE CONCEPT:

Environmental conditions, temperature, density, and pressure, are continually changing.

STUDENT OBJECTIVE:

Students will observe how smog is created by constructing a cloud chamber.

OVERVIEW:

In this activity the students will make their own container to create "dirty air". They will light a paper in a jar, seal with a lid and observe the effects of the smoke in the jar which is to represent our atmosphere when we put pollutants into the air.

PREPARATION TIME:

20 minutes.

LESSON TIME:

45 minutes.

WORDS TO KNOW:

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