8:30 - 9:00 am Registration
9:00 - 9:15 am Welcome and Introductions
Workshop Goals/Objectives
9:15 - 10:15 am Nature of Air (Properties of Air ; set up in 4 stations; divide teachers into 4
groups and rotate every 15 minutes; save table lift for last, it’s always a hit.)
10:15 - 10:30 am BREAK
10:30 - 11:15 am EPA’s Regulatory Approach to Air Quality Management
Your State’s Approach to Air Quality Management
11:15 – 12:00 pm Field Testing for Ozone – (Give overview and make Schoenbein testing strips
– hang strips outside, weather permitting.)
12:00 - 12:45 pm LUNCH
12:45 - 1:45 pm AIR QUALITY EXTRAVAGANZA
Bird’s Eye View
&
More
(K-2)
Air Temperature Inversion (6-12)
As I Live and Breathe
(3-5)
Ozone: Double Trouble
(9-12)
Let’s Sock Car Exhaust (6-8) Don’t Take a Lichen for Pollution (6-8)
(Set up 6 individual stations with 6 instructors; divide teachers into 6
groups; groups rotate every ten minutes; instructor gives brief demo.)
1:45 - 2:00 pm BREAK
2:00 – 2:45 pm Climate Change and/or Ecological Footprint Activities
2:45 - 3:15 pm Showcase EPA’s Online Resources: AIRNow; AQI for Kids; AIRNow for
Students; Smog City 2; Air Pollution: What’s the Solution; School Flag
Program; Children’s Book
3:15 – 3:35 pm Whirling, Swirling Air Pollution (9-12) (A good culminating activity that is
interactive and fun.)
3:35 – 4:00 pm Q&A’s, Distribute Resources, Evaluations and Certificates
Facilitator (Contact Information)
SAMPLE ONE DAYAGENDA
Air Quality Workshop
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