Particle Pollution Activity - Paper Wad Game

• In this activity, students learn how our bodies protect us from particle pollution by playing the role of cilia, the tiny hairs on the lungs that filter out particles.
• Students are introduced to particulate matter, discuss its sources, and identify respiratory illnesses that can occur due to this type of pollution.

Positives

• This is a fun game that makes students motivated to learn, especially because it takes place outside the classroom.
• This resource includes student objectives, materials needed, and the various elements of a lesson plan, such as stage-setting.

Additional Prerequisites

• The teacher must prepare all the materials for this game.

Differentiation

• Teachers can lead students in discussions about why it's important to reduce particle pollution and how we can help reduce it.
• Students can research whether rural or urban areas have more particulate air pollution and determine the different sources.
• In science class, the teacher asks students to prepare a presentation showing the sources of particulate air pollution, ways to reduce it, and how the respiratory system responds to it.
• Other recommended resources include the article American Lung Association: Particle Pollution and the experiment What's up There Besides Air.
  

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