Purpose

This investigation is based in the area of Atlanta, Georgia, where air quality, particularly ground-level or tropospheric ozone, is a serious problem. In a recent listing of the nation’s areas with the poorest air quality (American Lung Association State of the Air 2002 Report), many of the metropolitan Atlanta counties ranked near the top. http://www.lungusa.org/air2001/index.html

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) operates a limited number of sampling sites in the Atlanta area and throughout the state. The red dots indicate the EPD ozone sampling stations.

In an effort to more thoroughly analyze the ozone levels, this study will use the data from the EPD, but will also involve students in collection and analysis of ozone data from six additional sites ranging from downtown Atlanta to 50 miles west.

The six institutions which are participating in this study are listed below and are shown by number on the map.

1.               Grady High School – Atlanta, Georgia

2.               Cooper Middle School – Austell, Georgia

3.               Lithia Springs High School – Lithia Springs, Georgia

4.               Alexander High School – Douglasville, Georgia

5.               Georgia Youth Science and Technology Center –   Carrollton, Georgia

6.               Bremen High School – Bremen, Georgia

EPA’s Air Quality WebSite - http://www.epa.gov/airnow/

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Purpose Of This Investigation

Module Description

Learning Activities

Correlation to National Standards