Wildfires & Crop Burning Smoke with Shuka Schwarz
Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz is a research scientist in NOAA's Chemical Science Laboratory. In this presentation he talks about wildfire and crop burning smoke and what it's like to be a scientist.
Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz is a research scientist in NOAA's Chemical Science Laboratory. In this presentation he talks about wildfire and crop burning smoke and what it's like to be a scientist.
Joshua (Shuka) Schwarz is a research scientist in NOAA's Chemical Science Laboratory. His research focuses on:
Elementary: This GLOBE resource from our CLEAN collection has some great indoor and outdoor hands-on activities in it that explore air quality, and that can be done from home. Especially relevant if students are currently experiencing wildfire smoke in their area.
4th Grade– High School: In this lesson from NASA, students learn about how wildfires are detected and measured remotely. Includes hands-on component with student’s smart phones, as well as an online exploration of carbon monoxide wildfire data.
Middle-High School:
CIRES' HEART Force program has created an entire curriculum on natural hazard resilience, with wildfire as one of the foci. Recommended activities: