Air pollution #6 – Forecasting air pollution in cities
The aim of this activity is for students to learn what the air pollution data collected around their school is useful for. A professional scientist from the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC) explains in a video how real data are collected both in national stations and by citizens. He also discusses how this data is used to make forecasts about air quality in our cities.
Age
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
Topic
- Air pollution
Duration
- Less than 1 hour
Students’ resources
The video shown in this activity presents an engineering researcher, who explains how to make forecasts about pollution in Barcelona using official data and data collected by citizens.
Teachers’ resources
No specific tools for teachers are needed in this activity.
Multimedia:
How are air quality forecasts made?
Meet Jan Mateu, an engineer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
