Air Partners: Educational Resources
Educational Resources
Project Leap
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is working together with school districts throughout the state to develop an environmental education program known as the Learning and Environmental Awareness Partnership (Project LEAP). The focus of the project is to provide educational materials, activities, and curricula to Indiana students and teachers in grades 3-8. The project is designed to assist teachers in integrating environmental education into existing science and health curricula in addition to assisting in the development of a student's knowledge about the quality of Indiana's environment.
Project LEAP is currently unavailable. IDEM is in the process of updating its curriculum. Please check back later.
Asthma in the Air
"Asthma in the Air" is an eight minute video where kids speak out about air pollution, especially ground-level ozone (smog). They give their perspectives, suggest preventative methods for ozone action days, and suggest activities that communities can do to reduce ozone.
Free rental upon request at (219) 881-6712 or order at: http://dnr.wi.gov/education/video/asthmaintheair.htm
EPA - Project A.I.R.E.
EPA Project A.I.R.E. is Air Informations Resources for Education (K-12), Guide for Instructors.
Order at EPA's Web site: http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
Extraordinary Road Trip
XRT: eXtraordinary Road Trip is an educational computer game designed to teach players how to analyze the transportation variables affecting air quality.
To request copies for your classroom visit: http://www.extraordinaryroadtrip.org/
Where's the Air? CD-ROM, Teacher Activity Guide and Posters
This kit will help teachers of sciences, social studies, math, health art, language arts, and environmental studies infuse environmental education into the curriculum. The CD-ROM has two games on ozone (ground level and stratospheric) and a map with "clickable" images that can be easily printed and used in the classroom.
The Study Guide includes experiments and demonstrations, word searches, surveys and map making. The kit contains a poster which depicts activities and natural processes that influence the quality of air we breathe.
Contact:
Wisconsin Department of Administration
Document Sales and Distribution Section
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/section_detail.asp?linkcatid=266&linkid=
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