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Suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds (secondary and high schools, and college), this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom or shared with students online.

This resource links to KS4 and KS5 physics, chemistry and geography.

It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers

• This teaching resource explains the work of Dr John Barnes, a research scientist recently retired from NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory, who has developed a simpler and more affordable way to measure aerosols. His technique, called Camera Lidar (CLidar), uses a laser and a digital camera to track aerosol levels in the atmosphere.
• This resource also contains an interview with John, providing an insight into careers in atmospheric science.
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) to prompt students to reflect on John’s research, and tasks them to compare air pollution measurement techniques.

This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).

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