{"id":3092,"date":"2015-10-20T10:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T10:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2015-10-22T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T11:32:42","slug":"teaching-air-quality-with-citizen-science-professional-learning-session-25th-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/STEMcentralinmotion\/2015\/10\/20\/teaching-air-quality-with-citizen-science-professional-learning-session-25th-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Air Quality with Citizen Science – professional learning session 25th November"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sources-of-air-pollution_310314\"<\/a>Twilight session for Glasgow<\/strong> secondary teachers, and P7 working towards transition, looking at new approaches to teaching Air Quality. Three short workshops will cover different ways of getting pupils involved in real science research, learning about pollution and Air Quality in a way that is meaningful for pupils and produces useful scientific data along the way. The event will cover a diverse range of topics from Outdoor Learning, to data analysis and a wealth of available resources to use with your pupils. Come along and find out how you and your pupils can get involved in Air Quality research at your school.<\/p>\n

Workshops:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Lichen bio-indicator of air quality<\/strong>: Find out how to identify some of the lichen bio-indicators of air quality to get a measure of air pollution in your local environment. This survey is one of the Open Air Laboratories <\/a>citizen science surveys that enable pupils to carry out real science research in their local environment. OPAL Community Scientist Joanne Dempster<\/p>\n

Scotland’s Environment Web<\/strong><\/a>: Exploring existing air quality data to investigate air quality near you. Education Scotland Citizen Science Development Officer Stuart McGrath.<\/p>\n

Clear the Air<\/strong>: An educational resource for secondary school pupils to learn about air pollution and how it is measured in their area by finding out about the Clear the Air Citizen Science project.Riccardo Energy and Environment: Riccardo Energy and Environment, Susannah Telfer and Jennifer Simpson.<\/p>\n