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Air Quality Index (AQI) Toolkit for Teachers – January 2009 (draft)Toolkit OverviewChildren are one of the sensitive groups at risk for health effects from air pollution, in part because their lungs are still developing. The Air Quality Index (AQI) is an important tool for letting children know when air quality in their area is unhealthy and how they, their families, and communities can protect their health. The AQI uses a color-coded scale and maps to provide daily air quality information. The AQI is available on the Internet at: www.airnow.gov, and many local newspapers and television and radio stations also present the AQI. Your Role in Air Quality AwarenessCompiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this Toolkit provides teachers with easy-to-use and engaging lesson plans, additional activities, and other resources to teach students about the connections between air quality, health, weather, and other related science topics, as well as actions students can take to protect their health and reduce air pollution. In 2005, the EPA developed an AQI Toolkit for Weathercasters for school and civic group presentations. Like weathercasters, teachers are a key resource for science and health information relevant to air quality, and thus EPA created this companion AQI Toolkit for Teachers. The lesson plans in this Toolkit meet national science education standards and can be easily incorporated into school curriculums. What’s In the Toolkit?This Toolkit includes:
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