High School Teacher's Guide to Craters of the Moon

Activity 4A
Visit Air Quality Monitoring Sites

Students visit air quality monitoring sites with a park ranger and obtain information on how data is collected and what it reveals.

Objectives:

Students will be able to list the types of pollution monitored at Craters of the Moon, describe the collection techniques used, and summarize what the data collected indicates about air quality at the monument.

Duration:

2 hours

Materials:

Pencil, work sheet, park ranger

Procedure:

1. Make arrangements with the National Park Service before you visit the monument.

We will provide a ranger to show you the data collection sites and talk to your group if you arrange it well in advance.

2. Accompany the ranger on a hike from the campground to the air quality monitoring site. There you will have the opportunity to observe the particulate sampler, visibility monitoring camera, and acid deposition sampler.

3. Return to the Visitor Center, where the ranger will explain the ozone monitor located there.

4. Complete the work sheet on the next page, recording information on the different instruments used to collect data and the nature of the information collected. This will include an ozone monitor, particulate sampler, visibility camera, and acid deposition collector. Ask the ranger the questions on page 2 of the work sheet.

Work Sheet 1 - 2

Activity 4A - 4B

http://www.nps.gov/crmo/hsg4a.htm
Last Updated: 08-May-1999