(Grades 4-12)
| Objectives: Students should be able to |
- Identify various types and sources of indoor air pollution
- Recognize molds/fungi that can grow indoors
- Understand indoor pollution abatement
| Major Concept: |
Air Pollution
Definition
Causes
Sources: Point; Non-point
Effects on the human body
Indoor Air Pollution
Gasses
Fungi/mold
Ventilation
How to measure
Diseases caused by indoor air pollution
| Materials for in-class activities: |
Drawings of fungi, molds
Microscope
Filter paper
Petri dishes with growth medium/directions for use
Collection pumps
Ozone/NO2 samplers
Rubber bands
Public Health Literacy handout on Biological Pollutants
| Student In-class Activities: |
Discussion of the major concepts
Study respiratory and cardiovascular systems
Collection of particles/mold using collection pumps
Observation of fungi/dust samples using a microscope
* Collection of dust/dirt on filter paper
* Grow molds in Petri dishes and look at results under microscopes
* Examine effects of indoor air on rubber bands
* Utilize ozone/NO2 samplers to test indoor air
* These are done over a period of a week or more, and results are discussed at a second visit by EHEP.
| Program Enrichment: |
Follow-up Activities for classroom or home:
Measure/collect dust in home
Collect molds in Petri dishes for above experiment
Monitor Ozone or NO2 in school
Read about gases, air pollution, diseasesSelected web-sites for student/teacher use:
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tools4s2.html
Program links to: Health, physics, math, biology, chemistry, literacy, technology
