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              Environmental Pathways 61 3—What Kind of Pollution Issues Affect Illinois?
Wrap Up
Assessment
Have students brainstorm a list of possible
sources of the air pollution they found. Divide
the list into natural and man-made sources.
Ask them if they think any of the pollutants are
preventable.
Have each student pick a pollution source and
develop a way of preventing or reducing the
pollution that comes from it. Their results can
be in the form of a model or a written paper.
Extensions
Community
• Do the experiment a second time, and have
the students take the strips home or to places
within the community. Have them do a com-parison
to the results they had at the school.
Multidisciplinary
• Allow students to design posters to show
the steps they took to acquire the data. Create
a bulletin board where students can display
their posters and monitoring strips so that the
class can compare all results.
Technology
• Daily Air Quality Report Learn about energy sources and visit the
An air quality index is available online for
major air pollutants that are monitored
throughout the state.
www.epa.state.il.us/air/aqi.
The Illinois Annual Air Quality Report is
also available online at
www.epa.state.il.us/air/air-quality-report.
• Partners for Clean Air
Resources
• Air Facts - Air Quality Monitoring
Information on levels of air pollution in Illinois
and how they are monitored.
IEPA (see order form in appendix)
• Air Facts - Criteria Pollutants
A fact sheet on the six criteria air pollutants
and how they are regulated and controlled.
IEPA (see order form in appendix)
• Air Facts - Nonattainment: Falling Short of
Air Quality Standards
A fact sheet on the steps being taken to
improve air quality .in regions in Illinois that fall
below national standards.
IEPA (see order form in appendix)
• Project A.I.R.E. - Air Pollution Background
Information (PDF Version)
Fact sheet on air pollution and ways to detect
and prevent it. www.epa.gov/region01/
students/pdfs/rd_airpol.pdf
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
U.S. Department of Energy: Kids Saving Energy
web site: www.eere.energy.gov/kids/
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Energy Kids web page at: www.eia.doe.gov.
• Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Kit
This kit is available free of charge. To order
call 1-800-483-4318 (document number 402-
K-95-001), or visit www.epa.gov/iaq/
schools/actionkit.html.
www.cleantheair.org/overview.shtml
Adapted From: “Air Strips,” Environmental Resource
Guide. Air Quality Air & Waste Management Association.
Pittsburgh, PA. 1991.