AirUCI Summer Workshop in Environmental Chemistry for Science Teachers

UCI Course Code: CHEM X416
Credits: 6 quarter credits (through UCI Extension)
Quarters: Summer Quarters 2005-2014
Start and End Dates for the Next Course: Friday, June 20 - Wednesday, July 2, 2014

2014 Lab Manuals, Prelabs, and Postlabs

Lab title	Lab Manual	Prelab	Postlab
Using Spartan to Investigate the Molecular Properties of Atmospherically Relevant Greenhouse Gases	Manual	Prelab	Postlab
Modeling of Air Pollution in the Los Angeles Basin with Air PSE	Manual	Prelab	n/a
FTIR Determination of MTBE in Gasoline and Ethanol in Vodka and Mouthwash	Manual	Prelab	Postlab
GC/MS Analysis of Ethanol and Benzene in Gasoline	Manual	Prelab	Postlab
HPLC Measurement of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Cigarette Smoke	Manual	Prelab	Postlab
LIBS Analysis of Metal Surfaces	Manual	Prelab	Postlab
Ability of Catalytic Converters to Reduce NOx Air Pollution	Manual	Prelab	Postlab

ALSO AVAILABLE:

Course Syllabi from Different Years of the Workshop (PDF files):

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

Relevant Links

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for criteria pollutants
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Global ozone maps from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
AIRNow: air quality maps for the United States
Current air quality on the South Coast Air Quality Management District Website
National Science Foundation (the organization that funds this progarm)
The real holes in climate change (Nature article)