Investigating Air Pollution - Mini Case Study for Climate Detectives

The Mini Case Studies for Climate Detectives are intended to help Climate Detectives teams to identify a climate related topic that they can investigate and that applies to real world situations.  

In this mini case study, students will try to answer the research questions: “How does travel in our school community contribute to global climate change? What are the links between local travel related air pollution and global climate change?” For that, teachers will find in the resource suggestions of different types of data that students could collect and analyse. The suggestions are not exhaustive, and the teachers may decide on their own specific focus within a given research area.  

The mini case study should be used in conjunction with the Climate Detectives teacher guide and not as a standalone document. 

Subject: Science; technology 

Age range: 14-17 years old 

Keywords:Air Pollution; Climate; Earth Observation; Greenhouse Gases; Science; Technology 

Download: mini case study

This resource is part of a set of resources developed by ESA’s Education Office in collaboration with ESEROs to support the Climate Detectives project.