MULTI Summer 2017 Air Quality & Human Health STEM Module by Janelle Johnson https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w Use the Air Quality module as a template to build, customize, and share your own module en-us 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC 2025-11-03 06:52:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png Career awareness/Workforce pathways: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569646 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569646 21st Century Competencies: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569647 Critical thinking/reasoning
Information literacy
Collaboration
Self direction
Invention]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569647 Connection to families/community: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569648 This module is designed for a highly diverse population in Colorado.]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569648 Notes on differentiation: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569649 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569649 Potential Performance Expectations (NGSS) jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569650 MS-ESS3-2  Apply Scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment. 
Engineering Practices: Constructing explanations and designing solutions. 
Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect 
MS-ESS3-3 Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects. 
Engineering Practices: Analyzing and interpreting data 
Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns 
MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. 
Engineering Practices: Engaging in argument from evidence 
Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect 
]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569650 Pre and post data; how will you assess growth? jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569651 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569651 Formative Assessments: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569652 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569652 Nature of Science jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569653 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569653 Feedback based on growth mindset/higher order thinking jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569654 Use wait time, especially w/ ELLs
Use turn and talk/think pair share
(I don't know/shrug) "Tell me what you know about ___."
"That's a good start. Can you expand on that?"
(Incorrect answer) "That ]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569654 Ideas/resources to hook student interest jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569655 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569655 Relevant Current Events jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569656 http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/03/denver-metro-front-range-ozone-action-alert/]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569656 Potential Colorado K-12 Standards (Grade Level Expectancies & Prepared Graduate Competencies) jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569657 Explain and illustrate with examples how living systems interact with the biotic and abiotic environment 
Sixth Grade | SC09-GR.6-S.2-GLE.1 Changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individual organisms, populations, and entire species]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569657 Use of technology jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569658 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569658 Relevance to students: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569659  It is relevant because all the families are impacted in some way by air quality.]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569659 Interdisciplinary/Cross Curricular Areas: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569660 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569660 Grade Level(s): jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569661 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569661 Teacher(s): jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569662 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569662 Subject/Course/Content Area: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569663 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569663 Time available: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569664 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569664 Resources/tools needed: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569666 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569666 Backward design: Summative Performance Assessment: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569668 Students will create an e-poster to present to a public audience at the end of the unit. The poster will clearly answer the unit’s essential questions. Because this unit is designed to raise awareness of the general public, the posters must be organized and visually appealing in the way they display the project outcomes. Students will choose the specific sub-questions around natural disasters (either in general or specific examples) that they investigate. ]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569668 Essential questions or statement of problem jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569669 How do humans impact air quality?
What are the different ways air quality impacts human health?
]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569669 Name of Module: jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569670 Air Quality and Human Health]]> 2017-05-03 00:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/169569670 GLOBE: Observing Visibility & Sky Color jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175409557 2017-06-06 15:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175409557 eggsuggs https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411095 This is an example of a middle school science concept quiz. This assessment that focuses on one question and gets to a students true understanding of a skill and/or topic. Please use this as a template to create your own.]]> 2017-06-06 15:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411095 dawn_cummings https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411324 2017-06-06 15:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411324 dawn_cummings https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411462 2017-06-06 15:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411462 eggsuggs https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411897
This publisher's books are all about the natural world. Picture books-literacy play an important role in developing scientifically literate students. Check out their titles and see where they may apply to the modules you design.]]> 2017-06-06 15:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175411897 dawn_cummings https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175413722 2017-06-06 15:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175413722 dawn_cummings https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175413791 2017-06-06 15:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175413791 Smog Collectors eoneill8 https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175415797 http://www.kimabeles.com/artPages/smog.html]]> 2017-06-06 15:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175415797 GLOBE Resources Padlet usglobecc https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175416422 Here is a place where the GLOBE Partners post GLOBE resources that are more general: https://padlet.com/usglobecc/u2hct62nz5o8

]]> 2017-06-06 15:51:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175416422 More current events jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175418544 2017-06-06 16:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175418544 Relevant Research jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175418856 2017-06-06 16:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175418856 Globeville & Air quality kwegner1 https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175428472 Some resources about the expansion of 70 in Globeville:

Westword article: http://www.westword.com/news/i-70-expansion-plan-lawsuit-filed-against-epa-by-neighbors-sierra-club-7706866

Sierra Club press release:
http://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/rocky-mountain-chapter/I-70%20Opposition%20Press%20Release%2020160316.pdf]]> 2017-06-06 16:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175428472 eggsuggs https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175428599 Rating system from EPA for ozone.]]> 2017-06-06 16:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175428599 eggsuggs https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175428805 Air Quality Calculator - input your meter number and it will calculate the rating, what groups are sensitive, health impact statements and cautionary statements.]]> 2017-06-06 16:54:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175428805 More current events jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429027 2017-06-06 16:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429027 Air quality monitoring station at Swansea Elementary kwegner1 https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429319
"Specific concerns center around exposure to PM10 and PM2.5 particles, which refer to particulate matter measuring 10 and 2.5 microns in diameter composed of various substances like carbon and sulfates. (For comparison, a human hair is 100 microns wide.)"

https://www.denverite.com/air-quality-legacy-issue-elyria-swansea-globeville-14991/]]> 2017-06-06 16:57:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429319 Student-friendly research jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429774 2017-06-06 16:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429774 something for the wee ones jnjmier https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429876 https://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=aqikids_home.index

]]> 2017-06-06 17:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175429876 Air Data- Concentration vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436047 https://www.epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data/air-data-concentration-plot]]> 2017-06-06 17:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436047 CO Dept of Public Health- Air Quality vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436206 https://www.colorado.gov/airquality/]]> 2017-06-06 17:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436206 Air Pollution & Childhood Asthma vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436649 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740858/]]> 2017-06-06 17:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436649 Air Pollution & Asthma in Minorities vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436764 https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/06/106861/early-life-air-pollution-linked-childhood-asthma-minorities-study]]> 2017-06-06 17:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175436764 China & Air Pollution vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175437007 http://cen.acs.org/articles/95/i4/Peering-Chinas-thick-haze-air.html ]]> 2017-06-06 17:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175437007 AirNow (AQI) vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175438275 www.AirNow.gov]]> 2017-06-06 17:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175438275 Using Lego bricks to understand air quality h_rossiter14 https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175438283 https://edgerton.mit.edu/k-12/teacher-resources/k-12-curriculum/atoms-molecules/understanding-air]]> 2017-06-06 17:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175438283 Globe Data Entry vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175439757 https://www.globe.gov/globe-data/data-entry ]]> 2017-06-06 17:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175439757 dawn_cummings https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175452354 2017-06-06 19:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175452354 Science & Religion Miyam Bialik vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175457967 https://youtu.be/qZh1MrDHLoY ]]> 2017-06-06 20:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175457967 How to Read NGSS Video vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175462309 https://youtu.be/Q6eoRnrwL-A]]> 2017-06-06 20:56:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175462309 Why NGSS? vanessaoyeah https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175465688 https://youtu.be/W2yEWyvWznE ]]> 2017-06-06 21:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175465688 NASA Air Quality picture book jjaz2co https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175787781 2017-06-08 19:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jjaz2co/4cmg27l3590w/wish/175787781