Air Quality Check-up

Why are students, teachers, volunteers and scientists looking so closely at leaves? Visit the O-zone and find out why.

Articles and Links

• Implementation Guide
• Ozone Damage Data Collection Lesson Plan
• Ozone Sensitive Plant Species on NPS and FWS Lands (June 2003)
• Read Using Citizen Scientists to Measure the Effects of Ozone Damage on Native Wildflowers from NSTA's Middle School Science Classroom.

Cutleaf Coneflower (photo courtesy of USDA)

Data Search

Garden:

All Anna M. Shaw Asheville HS Central HS Clyde Elem. Cradle of Forestry FS historic site E. McDowell JH Episcopal School of Knoxville Fairview Middle Fort Worth Country Day School Frederick Community College Jonathan Valley Elem. Mountain Ridge NASA GSFC Visitor Center NCSU Arboretum Prairie Ridge Purchase Knob Robbinsville HS Tremont Tuscola HS Waynesboro High School West HS

Plant:

All Blackberry Coneflower Coneflower var. digitata Crown Beard Elderberry Milkweed Wingstem

Elevation:

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Garden List

Datasheet

Post or review/update data from a specific garden.

Garden:

Anna M. Shaw Asheville HS Central HS Clyde Elem. Cradle of Forestry FS historic site E. McDowell JH Episcopal School of Knoxville Fairview Middle Fort Worth Country Day School Frederick Community College Jonathan Valley Elem. Mountain Ridge NASA GSFC Visitor Center NCSU Arboretum Prairie Ridge Purchase Knob Robbinsville HS Tremont Tuscola HS Waynesboro High School West HS

Reports, Graphs and Maps

Animate a plant's foliar area injury over time.

Garden: Anna M. Shaw Asheville HS Central HS Clyde Elem. Cradle of Forestry FS historic site E. McDowell JH Episcopal School of Knoxville Fairview Middle Fort Worth Country Day School Frederick Community College Jonathan Valley Elem. Mountain Ridge NASA GSFC Visitor Center NCSU Arboretum Prairie Ridge Purchase Knob Robbinsville HS Tremont Tuscola HS Waynesboro High School West HS

Graph total injury for individual plants over time.

Garden: Anna M. Shaw Asheville HS Central HS Clyde Elem. Cradle of Forestry FS historic site E. McDowell JH Episcopal School of Knoxville Fairview Middle Fort Worth Country Day School Frederick Community College Jonathan Valley Elem. Mountain Ridge NASA GSFC Visitor Center NCSU Arboretum Prairie Ridge Purchase Knob Robbinsville HS Tremont Tuscola HS Waynesboro High School West HS

Compare up to four datasets from any garden.

Garden: Anna M. Shaw Asheville HS Central HS Clyde Elem. Cradle of Forestry FS historic site E. McDowell JH Episcopal School of Knoxville Fairview Middle Fort Worth Country Day School Frederick Community College Jonathan Valley Elem. Mountain Ridge NASA GSFC Visitor Center NCSU Arboretum Prairie Ridge Purchase Knob Robbinsville HS Tremont Tuscola HS Waynesboro High School West HS

Garden Map - Compare gardens nationally by general topography.

Training

If you are new to ozone bio-monitoring, please visit this ozone bio-monitoring training module to learn more and practice entering data.

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