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Engaging Youth in Air Quality Education Through Fun & Interactive Activities

Join Roberta Burnes, an Environmental Education Specialist at the Kentucky Division for Air Quality, in a practical and engaging session on air quality for youth. Discover how consumer decisions impact air quality through interactive activities like 'Gas Token Walk' and 'Carpool Advantage'. Learn about different vehicles' MPG data and the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Understand the impact of air quality on people, plants, and the environment while having fun! Contact Roberta Burnes for more information.

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Engaging Youth in Air Quality Education Through Fun & Interactive Activities

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  1. Drivers, Start Your Engines! Making Air Quality Practical, Relevant, and FUN for Youth Roberta Burnes Environmental Education Specialist Kentucky Division for Air Quality

  2. Air quality is abstract • Make it active • Make it personal • Engage the senses

  3. How do consumer decisions impact air quality? 2006 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible MPG – City 18/Highway 26 Maximum Seating - 2 2006 Hummer H3 Midsize SUV MPG – City 16/Highway 20 Maximum Seating - 5 2006 Toyota Prius Compact Hybrid Sedan MPG – City 60/Highway 51 Maximum Seating - 5

  4. Setting the Stage • Students receive car cards with MPG data • Each student gets three gas tokens • Each gas token is worth one gallon of gas

  5. Procedure • Students line up • Choose city or highway

  6. Procedure • Begin walking, counting steps • One step=one mile

  7. Procedure • Refer to car cards for MPG • Drop one gas token for every gallon of gas you use • When you run out of gas, stop!

  8. Procedure • Some cars go farther than others on a gallon of gas! Maybe I should choose another vehicle ….

  9. The carpool advantage • Students choose who they want to carpool with • Students “pool” their gas tokens • No one runs out of gas!

  10. Extensions: Hybrid cars • Where’s the exhaust?

  11. Extensions: GHG emissions • Collecting tailpipe exhaust to test for CO2

  12. Extensions: GHG emissions • Car exhaust is release into solution of bromothymol blue • Amount of color change indicates relative concentration of CO2

  13. Conclusions • Air quality impacts everything – people, plants, environment • Look for ways to make it “touchy-feely” • Have fun!

  14. Contact Roberta Burnes Kentucky Division for Air Quality 800-928-0047 roberta.burnes@ky.gov

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