These lessons are the heart of this unit on ozone.
Students have an opportunity to discover the difference between good and
bad ozone by using real time scientific air quality data. Students
will apply there knowledge at the end of each lesson to predict conditions
near their home-town. Each lesson then is supported by the Student
Resource Area where more facts and information about ozone may be found.
These lessons rely on real time data available on the Internet.
Using real time data can sometimes be difficult, since it is very difficult
to anticipate what the students will actual see when they go to the web
site. Therefore, it is necessary to be able to really understand
what each of these real time data sites actual show. In addition,
it mandates the teacher to incorporate a bit of flexibility when presenting
this material, since what you saw during your preparation period may not
be what you see in the classroom two hours later.
