Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality Air Quality Monitoring Data

• This interactive map provides information on the air quality, concentration of specific pollutants, and weather data throughout Oregon.
  
• Students will be able to explore the map, open up graphs of data over time, see a dashboard of weather conditions, and learn more about the health effects of air pollution.
  

Positives

• This map provides a legend for understanding the different levels of air quality represented.
• There are options available to make the map more accessible to those with mental and/or physical impairments.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• If all dots disappear on the map students should refresh the page.
• Refresh the page if the accessibility wheelchair on the top right-hand corner is missing.    

Differentiation

• This interactive map could provide data for a research project that attempts to forecast climate change and its potential human impacts.
• This map could supplement a lesson that examines what an air quality index (AQI) is, what pollutants encompass the AQI, and why those pollutants are worth monitoring. 
• This map could supplement a lesson that examines the negative health impacts of air pollutants.
• Students who are physically and/or mentally impaired should be shown what accessibility options are available and how those options can be accessed.
• Science or geography students could use this map to explore changes in levels of pollutants or different locations of certain pollutants to research why certain areas are more polluted than others.
• Math and science students can download the data into MS Excel and use it to create their own graphs and data analysis.