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Air Composition Pie Charts: A Recipe for Air
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Kolenbrander, Amy Kotys-Schwartz, Daria Yowell, Janet Mach, Natalie Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Carlson, Denise W. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | In this activity, students use M&M® candies to create pie graphs that show their understanding of the composition of air. They discuss why knowing this information is important to engineers and how engineers use this information to improve technology to better care for our planet. Why do we care about air? Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in... most, if not all, humans do this automatically. Do we really know what is in the air we breathe? In this activity, students use M&M® candies to create pie graphs that show their understanding of the composition of air. They discuss why knowing this information is important to engineers and how engineers use this information to improve technology to better care for our planet. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Chemistry Earth and Space Physical Science Science and Technology Atmosphere Environment Nitrogen Percentage Air Pollution Pie Chart Pollution Fraction |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT30M |
| Education Level | Class IV Class V Class VI |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Chemistry Structure of the Earth Technical |