Cutting Edge > Introductory Courses > Browse Activities > Exercise on Atmospheric Structure, Stratospheric Ozone, and Acid Rain

Exercise on Atmospheric Structure, Stratospheric Ozone, and Acid Rain

Carolyn Dowling
,
Arkansas State University

Summary

This activity helps students to understand the basic ozone structure as well as ozone and acid rain problems.

Context

Audience

This is for a general education class for non-majors. It is used in Environmental Geology. (See the course profile page for this course)

Skills and concepts that students must have mastered

Reading the chapter on atmospheres.

How the activity is situated in the course

It is a stand-alone exercise.

Goals

Content/concepts goals for this activity

Atmospheric structure, ozone, acid rain

Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity

Synthesis of ideas.

Other skills goals for this activity

Description of the activity/assignment

Students do background reading on the atmosphere (see URLs below). The questions in this activity are divided up into atmospheric structure, stratospheric ozone, and acid rain. This activity helps students to understand the basic structure of the atmosphere as well as ozone and acid rain problems.

Determining whether students have met the goals

Grading the exercise.

More information about assessment tools and techniques.

Download teaching materials and tips

Other Materials

Supporting references/URLs

This activity is based on the following materials by Robert Mackay, Clark College Physics and Meteorology
http://cs.clark.edu/~mac/Geol390/StratosphericOzone/Ozone/index.htm
http://cs.clark.edu/~mac/Geol390/StratosphericOzone/Ozone/INSTR/OzoneActivity.pdf

See more Browse Activities »