HOPE: Asthma and Allergy - Formal Education

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Formal Education

The Formal Education “Health Observance Package” (HOP) is designed to be used in outreach and education activities in Middle School and/or a High School setting.
Some of the lessons are are arranged in learning cycles. For more about the learning cycle approach read "Using Learning Cycles as the basis for curriculum design".
Other resources include: Authentic Education http://www.grantwiggins.org/ubd.html and Kolb learning styles http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm.

The goal is to develop the science literacy skills of teachers and students. To reach the most audiences and to accommodate the program styles of the eight partners, this HOP provides activities that meet the following objectives:

A variety of time frames for the approved activities.
Activities that focus on the reading current research and using that information in a hands-on project.
Utilizes existing curricula whenever possible. Several new lessons were created to achieve the goal.

Middle School Curriculum

	Lung Attack and Recipe for Ozone Activities http://coep.pharmacy.arizona.edu/air/index.html
	Teaching Plan for the Lung Attack and Recipe for Ozone Activities ( MS Word documents )
Engage	Asthma and the Air You Breathe
	Asthma Quiz
	Asthma Quiz - Key
Explore	Ozone, Particulate Matter, and Carbon Monoxide – Oh My!
Explain	Pollution
Apply	Pollutant Posters

	CO-City Activities http://coep.pharmacy.arizona.edu/air/index.html
	Teaching Plan for the CO City Activities ( MS Word documents )
Engage	Vehicles and Pollution
Engage	Pictures of Pollution
Explore	CO Buildup City
	CO Buildup City - Time of Day and City Size Protocol
	CO Buildup City - City Size Protocol
	CO Buildup City - Time of Day Protocol
Explain	What’s The Connection between Convection and Inversion? : Convection Currents and Temperature Inversion
	Student Handout - Questions
	Convection and Inversion Demonstration Set-Up
Apply	Taking Action

	Middle School Reading Activity
	Teaching Plan for Reading about Asthma
	Reading About Asthma for Middle School Studnets "Asthma: Stopping Attacks Before They Start"
	The above lessons are based on "Asthma: Stopping Attacks Before They Start" at http://www.glencoe.com/sec/health/teachres/lessonplans/rsasthma.shtml
	Curriculum for Middle Schools “Asthma Fact Files”, which is part of the Integrated Environmental Health Middle School Project (IEHMSP) created by the Community Outreach and Education Program of the Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health at the University of Washington. More about this project can be found at http://www.iehms.com/online/

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High School Curriculum

	“Reading Research Papers” ( MS Word documents ) Teaching Plan for Reading Research Papers
Lessons
Engage	Choose one - based on the topic of the paper A Pleasant Afternoon of Play How Many Blueberries Do I Need to Eat?
Explore	Exploring the Research Paper Online Tutorial for Student Some Tips on Reading Research Papers
Explain	Mastering the Vocabulary Outdoor Air Pollution Vocabulary List Cockroach Vocabulary List Cockroach Vocabulary Definitions
Apply	No More Training Wheels Cockroach Reading Questions Answered
Cockroaches, Allergies, and Asthma Poster Creation Activity Teaching Plan - Cockroaches, Allergies, And Asthma Cockroach Poster Activity
Articles (you can obtain these article from PubMed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed) Rosenstreich et al. (1997) The Role of Cockroach Allergy and Exposure to Cockroach Allergen in Causing Morbidity Among Inner-City Children with Asthma. New England Journal of Medicine, v336, n19, 1357-1363. Friedman et al. (2001) Impact of Changes in Transportation and Commuting Behaviors During the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on Air Quality and Childhood Asthma. JAMA, February 21, 2001—Vol. 285, No. 7 (You will need to register at JAMA as a guest user)

“Ambient Air Module”
The AMBIENT Project is a systemic approach to environmental health science education. Focused around the four environmental themes of air, water, soil and food, as well as an additional emphasis on ethics and toxicology, a health-science problem-based learning approach is being delivered by trained teachers to the ethnically diverse population of high school students in Miami-Dade County.	Teaching Plan for the Ambient Air Module
	School Respiratory Health Survey and Analysis
	Critical Reading Activity - Air Pollution and Asthma Critical Reading Activity - Worksheet key
	Asthma "Outbreak" Exercise Asthma Epidemic at AMBIENT High School? - Answer Key Student Guide Instructor's Guide

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Teacher Training Session(s)

Middle School Curricula
Suggested Agenda

Asthma: Stopping Attacks Before They Start
Asthma Fact Files
Lung Attack and Recipe for Ozone Activities
CO-City Activities

High School Curricula
Suggested Agenda

Reading Research Papers
Ambient Air Module
Cockroaches, Allergies, and Asthma Poster Creation Activity

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