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Clean Air Primer
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Creatures of Habit

Congratulations to Jordan Green and Kylie Chung of Sequoia Elementary School for winning the Spring Clean for Kids contest!

Teachers & Kids

Welcome to the education section of the Spare the Air site. Here you will find links to entertaining and interactive resources for teachers and students, including the colorful and informative Clean Air Primer, the Smog City pollution simulation game, and the "Creatures of Habit" video.

Air District staff can come to your school to speak about air pollution. To arrange for a speaker, please call (415) 749-4900.

Clean Air PrimerThe Clean Air Primer brings home the causes and consequences of air pollution and shows what we can do about it. An exciting, visually rich, and compelling interactive experience, the Clean Air Primer explores the science of air pollution, demonstrates its impacts, and offers solutions through the use of original geo-spatial movies, videos, photos, graphics, and animations.

 

Clean Air Primer
Smog City Smog City is an interactive air pollution simulator that shows how environmental factors, land use decisions, and your own daily choices contribute to air pollution. In Smog City you're in control, so your visit can be a healthy or unhealthy experience depending on the decisions you make.

 

Smog City
Creatures of Habit Watch this short, entertaining video, in which a perky gang of computer-generated bugs offers pollution-prevention tips around the yard and household.  (Available in Windows Media Player format.)
Creatures of Habit