An interactive
animation that lets you set certain parameters that change
CO-City and its carbon monoxide levels. You can then find
out how and why CO levels change in response to your actions. Parameters
include time of day (and as a result temperature and weather)
and city size. Temperature inversions form, trapping CO near
the ground.
Real
Time Air Quality Exercise (7-12
grade toxicology curriculum)
Students
collect current data about air pollution, weather, and health
effects and then analyze the patterns. For example, what is
the relationship between ozone levels and temperature?
Pollutants
investigated include ozone, carbon monoxide, and particulate
matter. Parameters include weather and climate (temperature,
wind, rainfall), asthma attacks, visibility, time, and location.
Teacher
Guides / Student
Worksheets
(In pdf format.
Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
These
activities are included in the Asthma and Allergies Health
Observance Package (HOP) is part of a nationwide public
health science education project, the HOPE Partnership.
This five-year innovative public health science education
project, supported by a Science Education Partnership
Award (SEPA) from the National Center for Research Resources
at the National Institutes of Health , grant # R25 RR018490.
The project is designed to enhance the general public's scientific literacy
and to improve public understanding of the biomedical and health-related
sciences and the impact of research on human health. Specifically these
lessons help students understand the effects of air quality on human
health. More about Asthma and Allergies can be found at http://coep.pharmacy.arizona.edu/hope.html
The
lessons were developed for the Environment Module and
the Air Pollution unit of P.U.L.S.E. Promoting Understanding
and Learning for Society & Environmental Health curriculum
project. PULSE is funded by an NCRR NIH SEPA award #R25RR016260.
The
PULSE curriculum is organized around major projects that
demonstrate student learning while students explore the
relevance of the content material to their community. PULSE
emphasizes finding answers through scientific processes,
library research, on the Internet and from other people.
PULSE lessons are selected or designed so that students
develop or refine invaluable skills while they are introduced
to content. Every effort is made to integrate the content
areas of science, English, social studies, and math in
such a way that students understand the relationship among
these disciplines and gain insight into the way the real
world works. This curriculum is coming online soon at http://pulse.pharmacy.arizona.edu
Environmental health and toxicology are fascinating topics that can engage
students of all ages. Additional Environmental Health lessons can be
found at http://coep.pharmacy.arizona.edu
The Community Outreach and Education Program of the Southwest Environmental
Health Sciences Center informs the public, K-12 educators, and environmental
health professionals about environmental health sciences and toxicology
issues through workshops, online papers, and K-12 programs, in the classroom
and online. This program is funded by NIEHS grant # ES06694.
Southwest
Environmental Health Sciences Center
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Room 244
PO Box 210207, Tucson, AZ, USA 85721-0207 swehsc-info@pharmacy.arizona.edu
520-626-5594
520-626-6944(FAX)
CO-City 
Lung Attack 
(Download
here) This
game allows students to learn about basic asthma and
allergy facts. 
The
animations below [
