Why is clean air important? How do people cause air pollution? How is air pollution affecting Earth's climate?

Find out what causes air pollution, what is being done to tackle air pollution and how we can help make the air cleaner. This title shows children at KS2 how to:
* Test for air pollution in their area
* Find out how much pollution is produced by different countries
* Carry out a survey to investigate the effects of air pollution

This book is part of a book series called The Environment Detective Investigates .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Hachette Children's Group .

Jen Green is a widely published children's nonfiction writer, specializing in natural science topics.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Why is clean air important?
• 2: How is the air kept clean naturally?
• 3: How do people cause air pollution?
• 4: How does transport cause air pollution?
• 5: What countries produce air pollution?
• 6: What makes air acidic?
• 7: What new chemicals cause air pollution?
• 8: What causes indoor pollution?
• 9: How is air pollution affecting Earth's climate?
• 10: How will climate change affect the planet?
• 11: What can be done to tackle air pollution?
• 12: How can I help to make the air cleaner?
• 13: Your project
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Answers
• 16: Further information
• 17: Index