Air Strips Lesson Plan.

In this lesson, students will learn about air pollution, demonstrate its presence in the air around us and hypothesize on its sources. They will do so by taking a "walking" field trip in the area around the school and build particle pollutants catchers.

In this lesson, students will define particle pollution, discuss its potential sources and identify health problems associated with it and how our bodies work to protect us. They will do so by pretending to be cilia, tiny hairs that protect and filter out particles in the lungs.

Vegetative barriers, which include trees and bushes, can help reduce pollution near busy highways and roads. As part of EPA's research on this topic, K-5 lesson plans and activities have been developed that focus on air quality, air sensors, air pollution, and the impact of air pollution on human health. Each lesson contains an in-class activity as well as a field experience activity which requires the use of stationary and/or mobile sensors.