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In addition to our environmental education efforts, Greenville County is proud of our air, soil, and water quality efforts. For more information on these efforts, visit the following pages:

Air Quality

Soil and Water

Environmental Education

Air Quality Lesson Plans
Listed below are lesson plans for Elementary and Middle School.

Elementary

  • Hazy Days - In this lesson, students will learn about haze – how it is formed, what impact it has on human health, and what can be done about it.
  • Monitoring Air Pollution - In this lesson, students learn how scientists monitor air pollution.
Middle School
  • Ozone: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - In this first lesson of the Clean Air Campaign’s unit on Air Pollution and Earth Science, students will study ozone, one of the most significant pollutants in Georgia and a major component of smog.
  • Weather and Ground-Level Ozone - In this lesson, students will query a Web-based data system to compare ground level ozone readings during different seasons and weather conditions, graph the results for three dates, and analyze the graphs to identify possible correlations.