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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:

  • Win-Fred the Smog Dog.  Invite our mascot to visit your classroom and learn everything you ever wanted to know about smog.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.  

  • 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

  • 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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Northern Shenandoah Valley Air Quality Improvement Task Force

Phone: 540-450-2207 | | info@valleyairnow.com


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