Subject/Target Grade

Science/Middle School (7-9)

Duration

Two 45-50 minute periods – Classroom setting

Materials

per class

􀁶 An Introduction to Air Pollution History (teacher resource)

􀁶 Regulation of Air Pollution (transparency master)

􀁶 Michigan Stationary Source Emission Trends (transparency master)

􀁶 Cap and Trade Game (teacher resource)

􀁶 Is the Acid Rain Program Working? (transparency master)

Optional

􀁶 red cabbage

􀁶 water

􀁶 rain water or melted snow

􀁶 vinegar

􀁶 baking soda

􀁶 pennies older than 1983

per small group

􀁶 Cap and Trade Cards (student activity)

􀁶 Acid Rain Game (student activity)

􀁶 one die for Acid Rain Game

per student

􀁶 Winds of Change (student resource)

􀁶 Acid Deposition (student resource)

􀁶 The Saga of Thomas J. Midgley, Jr. (student assessment)