The Courses of Particles

Katja and Claus track odours and aerosols in their environment

UQ 2

March 2007

Fundamentals

Part A: Coffee in the wind - Katja complains about the smell coming from a coffee processing plant [ more ]
Part B: Sources and sinks - Cycles in the environment: water, money, aerosols [ more ]

Research

Part A: Trajectories - We follow the pathways of air and its contents [ more ]
Part B: Particle measurement in the town - How does particulate matter spread in our streets? [ more ]
 

Questions and experiments concerning pathways of air

Part A1: Town planning - Wind directions are important for house building [ more ]
Part A2: Tracks of money - We follow ways of distribution using coins as an example [ more ]
Part B: Dust experiment - We observe using flour powder, how particulate matter spreads in the air [ more ]

Curricular integration

Part A: The pathways of air and transported matter - material integration, teaching unit, objectives, methodology [ more ]
Part B: Sources and sinks, distribution and cycles [ more ]