Activities Related to Aerosols - Clouds Protocol

Activities Related to Aerosols

• Younger students can explore the sources of aerosols and their effects in the Elementary GLOBE Air Quality Module What's Up in the Atmosphere. 
• Sky Color and Visibility Activities - See how aerosols can impact the color of the sky and the visibility toward the horizon.
  • There is a hands-on activity, Why (Not) So Blue?, that accompanies the Elementary GLOBE Air Quality storybook.
  • For a more advanced version of the activity, see the Sky Conditions Activity.
  • In the GLOBE Learning Activity Sky Color and Visibility, learners observe, document and classify changes and sky color over time to understand the relationship between sky color, visibility, and aerosols in the atmosphere. 
  • There is also a virtual Sky Color and Visibility activity which can be found on the My NASA Data website. In this activity, students simulate changes in the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere to see the effects on sky color and visibility.
• Aerosol Sampler - Build an aerosol sampler to "catch" visible aerosols and use it to determine differences in aerosols when wind patterns change or on different days.
  • An aerosol sampler activity that accompanies the Elementary GLOBE Air Quality storybook and can be used across ages is called Up in the Air. 
  • The "What's Up in the Air" - Aerosol Sampler Activity video by Angie Rizzi demonstrates how to conduce the activity.