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Measuring Air Quality Improvements from Vegetative Barriers: Activities and Lessons for K-5 Educators
Citation:
White, W., R. Baldauf, S. Batka, K. Davidson, P. Deshmukh, AND R. Dodder. Measuring Air Quality Improvements from Vegetative Barriers: Activities and Lessons for K-5 Educators. Measuring Air Quality, Apex, NC, May 29, 2020.
Impact/Purpose:
To provide interactive educational lessons for grades K-5, with activities on air sensors, air pollution and its impact on human health, and the role of vegetative barriers to improve air quality.
Description:
Vegetative barriers, which include trees and bushes, can help reduce pollution near busy highways and roads. EPA has been researching how vegetative barriers can improve air quality. EPA developed custom-built air sensor packages that can be used to measure air quality to see the effects of vegetative barriers over time. As part of this research, K-5 lesson plans and activities have been developed that focus on air quality, air sensors, air pollution, and the impact of air pollution on human health. Each lesson contains an in-class activity as well as a field experience activity which requires the use of stationary and/or mobile sensors. Each lesson contains lesson goals, key vocabulary, and a teacher background section for presentation to students.