Air quality education resources

Air quality education resources for teachers and school support staff. Ideal for use in lessons linked to Geography, Science, English and History, school eco-team/ council projects and great for using on Clean Air Day.

Further information

Air quality resources produced by Leicester City Council

Introduction and teacher information (word)
Air quality education activities overview (word)
Making a clean air plan for your school (word)
Useful links (word)

Assemblies

Be bright be seen KS1 (ppt 1.79 kb)
Introduction to air pollution KS1 - 2 (ppt 4.35 kb)
Switch off your engine KS1 - 2 (ppt 3.23 kb)

Workshops, lessons and lesson plans

Quick challenge activities - 10 minutes (All KS)
- Investigating the myths of air pollution - a true or false game (ppt)
Workshop: introduction to air quality (KS1-3)
- Introductory workshop presentation (ppt)
- Introductory Workshop lesson plan (word)
- Air quality cause activity - match the cause label to the cause card
  - Cause cards (pdf)
  - Cause labels (pdf)

Lesson: Fossil fuels: Energy Explorers - What is a fossil fuel? (KS1-2)
- Energy Explorers 1 - Fossil Fuels (ppt)
- Lesson plan (word)
- Fossil Fuel Facts (pdf)

Lesson: Fossil fuels: Energy Explorers - What is renewable energy? (KS2)
- Energy explorers 2 - Renewable Energy (ppt)
- Lesson plan (word)
- Energy Resources Card Sort Game (pdf) - Match up the description and image to the energy source

Lesson: Air pollution: Past and present (KS2)
- Air pollution: Past and present presentation (ppt)
- Lesson plan (word)
- Air pollution history timeline cards (pdf)
- Air pollution history timeline labels (pdf)
- Timeline information sheet (support for teachers) (word)
- How we can improve air quality in our school handout (pdf)

Lesson: Air pollution, living things and the environment (KS2)
- Air pollution, living things and the environment presentation (ppt)
- Lesson plan (word)
- Air pollution cause cards (pdf)
- Air pollution cause labels (pdf)
- Healthier air cause, impact and solution worksheet (pdf)
- How can we improve air quality in our school handout (pdf)

Lesson: Air pollutants and their impact - where does pollution come from? (KS3/4)
- Understanding air pollutants presentation (ppt)
- Air pollutants and their impact lesson plan (pdf)
- Pollutants factsheets (pdf)
- Pollutants summary table (pdf)

Lesson: Why buy an electric vehicle? (KS3/4)
- Why buy an electric car (ppt)
- Why buy an electric car lesson plan (word)
- Why buy an electric car resources (word)
- Research activity tables for comparing vehicles (word)
- Car brochures
  - BMWi (pdf)
  - Citreon C Zero (pdf)
  - E-up (pdf)
  - Kia e-Niro (pdf)
  - Nissan Leaf (pdf)
  - Peugeot 208e (pdf)
  - Renault Zoe (pdf)
  - Tesla Model S (pdf)

Lesson: How do we monitor air quality?(KS3/4)
- How do we monitor air quality presentation (ppt)
- How do we monitor air quality lesson plan (pdf)
- Air quality action plan (pdf)
- How do we monitor air quality data sheets (ppt)
- Air quality PM10 data (excel)

Lesson: Behind the headlines: can we work out which are reliable? (KS3/4)
- Behind the headlines presentation (ppt)
- Behind the headlines lesson plan (word)
- Behind the headlines research question (word)
- Behind the headlines story 1 (word)
- Behind the headlines story 2 (word)
- Behind the headlines story 3 (word)
- Behind the headlines story 4 (word)
- Behind the headlines story 5 (word)

Lesson: How do we improve air quality? (KS3/4)
- How do we improve air quality presentation (ppt)
- Methods of improving air quality presentation (ppt)
- How do we improve air quality lesson plan (word)
- Air quality action plan (pdf)

Practical: Lichen study
- Lichen study lesson plan (word)
- Site characteristics worksheet (word)
- Tree characteristics worksheet (word)
- Site characteristics game (ppt)
- Lichen identification games (ppt)
- Lichen identification tally chart (word)

Air quality education resources available from other organisations (please note we do not specifically endorse any of these)
- Links to other resources available online (word)

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