Breathe Better Project - Protect: Air
1. What students LEARNED and how
Students in the 5th grade Environmental Science class learned in detail about the causes of air pollution (specifically ozone and particulate matter) and its effects on human health and the environment through the Breathe Better program. Through information dissemination to parents and bus drivers, we hope that all students and community members learned how engine idling is bad for air quality.
2. What students ACCOMPLISHED (and how you measured results)
Students learned about air quality through the Breathe Better program materials Ms. Monroe sent to the school. Students practiced talking to drivers, passing out brochures about Deerfield's Breathe Better program and collecting data in class. Then students actually put into action what they practiced in class. Because we were a new school and everything was being created from scratch, we didn't create and Environmental Science club until the spring so students just participated in the spring data collection.
3. What students TAUGHT others and how
On April 30, students handed out informational brochures and talked to parents and bus drivers about air pollution caused by engine idling. Students also asked bus drivers to sign an anti-idling pledge (Deerfield has a mandatory anti-idling policy for bus drivers).
1. What students LEARNED and how
Students in the 5th grade Environmental Science class learned in detail about the causes of air pollution (specifically ozone and particulate matter) and its effects on human health and the environment through the Breathe Better program. Through information dissemination to parents and bus drivers, we hope that all students and community members learned how engine idling is bad for air quality.
2. What students ACCOMPLISHED (and how you measured results)
Students learned about air quality through the Breathe Better program materials Ms. Monroe sent to the school. Students practiced talking to drivers, passing out brochures about Deerfield's Breathe Better program and collecting data in class. Then students actually put into action what they practiced in class. Because we were a new school and everything was being created from scratch, we didn't create and Environmental Science club until the spring so students just participated in the spring data collection.
3. What students TAUGHT others and how
On April 30, students handed out informational brochures and talked to parents and bus drivers about air pollution caused by engine idling. Students also asked bus drivers to sign an anti-idling pledge (Deerfield has a mandatory anti-idling policy for bus drivers).