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For
Teachers
Valley
AIRNow offers customized, educational classroom presentations and discussions.
The Valley AIRNow team has a variety of educational tools available
to provide an interactive learning experience, including:
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Win-Fred the Smog Dog. Invite our mascot to
visit your classroom and learn everything you ever wanted to know
about smog.
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Cubic meter model. Have you ever wondered what exactly
a part per million (ppm) was? Let us show you with our
life-size replica of a m3.
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Vehicle Simulator. Gain an understanding of
how hard your car works when its tire pressure is low by
participating in our vehicle simulator. Students ride a stationary
bike with low and properly inflated tires and actually feel
firsthand the differences in resistance.
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Driver's Education curriculum. Enjoy a fully loaded
interactive presentation targeting new drivers on how to properly
maintain a vehicle thereby lowering costs, reducing emissions, and
improving air quality at the same time! Developed by our
partners from the American Lung Association and Department of
Environmental Quality, students will participate in our bicycle demo
and learn how to properly check tire pressure on real-life tires.
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Plus lots more! Our team has a wealth of information
on where to find the best air quality educational resources,
including software, web videos, games, and lesson plans.
Contact
Tiffany Tumer at tumerta@jmu.edu
with any questions regarding school visits
or presentations.
Teaching
Resources
Web Videos
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Video Broadcasts feature streaming video through your web browser
using the Macromedia Flash or Windowa Media Player. Sponsored
by EPA's Air Pollution Training Institute (APTI), videos ranging in
length from 8 to 30 minutes are available for use in your classroom
on topics such as air toxics and Forecast Earth.
- Videos on alternative fuels
and architectures such as
ethanol
and hybrid
vehicles. Each video is accompanied by a Teacher's
Guide.
Coloring
Book
American Lung Association State of the Air Report:
Breathing dirty air? You can find out
with this 2004 report. Click on your state to check YOUR air and
learn how ozone and particle pollution hurts your lungs - and what
you can do to protect yourself.
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