|Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute||Home| The topics covered in
this unit are: 1) Model of the Human Lung—experiment; 2) Tidal
Volume of Human Lungs—experiment; 3) Effects of air pollution on
human body—illustration; 4) Sources and properties of air
pollutants—discussion; 5) Relative Humidity—experiment; 6) Wind
speed and direction—experiment; 7) Particulates in the air-soot
production—experiment; 8) Observation of pollutants in the air;
9) The Greenhouse Effect—experiment; 10) Acid Rain—experiment;
11) Polychlorinatedbiphenyls (PCB)—discussion; 12) Radioactivity
a) effects on biological organisms, b) radioactive pollution
from commercial power plants—discussion, c) radioactive
pollution from nuclear weapons production—discussion, d)
radioactive pollution from nuclear warfare—discussion, e) DIGI-
CHECK experiment on radiation thermography. The illustrations
and experiments are found in the appendices at the end of the
unit. (Recommended for Life Science classes, grades 9 and 10;
Physical Science classes, grade