An introduction to the air we breathe, emissions and pollutants and the benefits of healthy air.

These resources and activities will give students an opportunity to learn about the importance of healthy air and the role that vehicle emissions play in polluting the air we breathe. 

Topics include

  • Understanding the air we breathe
  • How the air we breathe impacts our health
  • What are emissions and how they pollute the air
  • Where emissions come from
  • The benefits of heathier air

Key learnings

Students will:

  • Understand that humans need healthy air
  • Investigate how the air we breathe can impact our health
  • Reflect on the benefits of healthier air for themselves and the community

Download activities

Lower primary

Activity 1: Understanding the air we breathe (PDF 538KB) - learn about air and why it is important
Activity 2: Understanding the air we breathe (PDF 497KB) - blow bubbles to see the air around us
Activity 3: The air we breathe and health (PDF 605KB) - oxygen and things that pollute the air we breathe
Activity 4: Air pollution (PDF 485KB) - where air pollution comes from and how to reduce it
Activity 5: Air pollution (PDF 486KB) - the benefits of breathing healthier air 
Teacher resources (PDF 511KB) - lung wall chart and word bank

Upper primary

Activity 1: Air and emissions (PDF 484KB) - what we know about air and emissions
Activity 2: Air and emissions (PDF 524KB) - the mission to fight emissions
Activity 3: Emissions and the air we breathe (PDF 533KB) -  smog in a jar and what pollution can look like
Activity 4: Emissions and the air we breathe (PDF 506KB) - an introduction to pollutants
Activity 5: Emissions in your community (PDF 492KB) - investigating emissions in your area
Teacher resources (PDF 645KB) - pollution wall chart and word bank 

 

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