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Recent Additions
Learn more about EPA's Annual IAQ TfS National Symposium happening this year December 4th-6th in Washington, DC.
Registration for this year's National Symposium is now open, visit www.iaqsymposium.com
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Download an informational Symposium Flyer (PDF, 1 page, 58KB, About PDF)
IAQ Lesson Plans
The National Education Association Health Information Network (NEA HIN) has created a series of hands-on, interactive lesson plans geared towards grades K-12 that supplement the U.S. EPA’s IAQ Tools for Schools Program. All lesson plans are tied to state education standards and can be easily integrated into your school district’s curriculum. Many of the lessons can be adapted to any grade level, can be used as independent activities, or combined to create an 'IAQ unit'.
Environmental Health Perspectives publishes EPA's 2002 IAQ Management Practices in Schools Survey Results
The manuscript Prevalence and Implementation of IAQ Programs in U.S. Schools has been published in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). The article gives an overview and discusses the implications of the first national assessment of indoor air quality management practices and policies. Survey results indicate that 22% of schools in the U.S. have IAQ practices that meet EPA guidelines.
- A brief fact sheet summarizing the six page EHP article is available here (PDF, 2 pp, 87KB, About PDF)
- Read the article online at http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/docs/2005/7881/abstract.html
Envisioning Excellence: Lessons from Effective School Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Programs
Envisioning Excellence helps schools take effective action to advance health, safety, and wellness initiatives. Envisioning Excellence presents the Framework for Effective School IAQ Programs: Six Key Drivers -- guidelines that detail the organizational approaches and practices that are fundamental to school IAQ program success -- and presents five profiles in excellence to demonstrate how different school districts applied the Framework to create effective and enduring IAQ programs. Learn more about this exciting tool.