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STORY SLIDES: MICHAEL BIRDBOY

EPA Air Pollution Game for 1st Graders http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids_home.index

slide show: Coco's Orange Day http://www.epa.gov/airnow/picturebook/coco's-orange-day-web.pdf

slide show: Michael Bird Boy

recommended for middle school SmogCity2 Guide to SmogCity2

EPA Story: Coco's Orange Day http://www.epa.gov/airnow/picturebook/coco's-orange-day-web.pdf

North Carolina DEC Division of Air Quality Coloring Book

EPA http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids_home.index

EPA air quality teaching resources http://www.airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=learning.forteachers

North Caroline DEC Division of Air Quality http://daq.state.nc.us/cgi-bin/aakids.cgi?actcd=0

CA Spare the Air http://www.sparetheair.org/Get-Involved/For-Teachers-and-Students.aspx

recycling http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/ (game)

EPA Overview of AQI

EPA for teachers on air pollution



What color is your air today?

To find your local air quality conditions and forecasts go to www.airnow.gov.

To have air quality information come to you via e-mail, sign up at www.enviroflash.info.

Clean Air for Kids

For children ages 5 – 6, Buster Butterfly shows young children when the air is clean and it’s a good day to play outside. He helps them understand the colors

associated with the Air Quality Index. Visit www.airnow.gov and click “Kids.”

Air Quality Index Kid’s Page

For children ages 7-10, three colorful chameleons, interactive games, background information and a dictionary helps guide children’s understanding of clean and

dirty air. Visit www.airnow.gov and click “Kids.”

AIRNow for Students Page

Learn about ozone, particle pollution and the Air Quality Index by viewing animations or by using the on-line air pollution simulator “Smog City 2.” (Ages 11 and

up). Visit www.airnow.gov and click “Students

AQI Toolkit for Teachers

This toolkit provides teachers with easy-to-use and engaging lesson plans that explain air quality and related health and environmental information to students in

grades K-8. Visit www.airnow.gov and click “Teachers.”

EPA’s Teaching Center

This site is for both formal and non-formal educators who wish to teach about the environment. It offers background information on a variety of topics, lesson

plans and activities that work in and out of the classroom. Visit www.epa.gov/teachers/index.htm.

Environmental Kid’s Club

The EPA Environmental Kids Club is a web site for kids. Games, pictures and stories help children explore the environment and learn how to protect it.

Visit www.epa.gov/kids/.

EPA’s Student Center

The EPA Student Center is a web site for students covering many environmental topics and includes fun activities, projects and grant information.

Visit www.epa.gov/students/.

EPA IAQ Tools for Schools

Learn how to carry out a practical plan to improve indoor air problems at little or no cost using straightforward activities and in-house staff.

Visit http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/actionkit.html.

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU)

The PEHSU were created to ensure that children and communities have access to, usually at no cost, special medical knowledge and resources for children faced

with a health risk due to a natural or human-made environmental hazard.

Visit www.pehsu.net