Materials List:
Study Design for Air Quality Research
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/cub_airquality_lesson01_activity4
Each group needs:
- pencil and paper
- Project Overview Sheet, one per student
- Example Case Study Worksheet 1, one per student
- (optional) Example Case Study News Article, one per group, to accompany Worksheet 1
- Vocabulary List, one per student
- Example Case Study Worksheet 2, one per student
- Brainstorming Guide, one per group
- Research Plan Blank Template, one per group
To share with the entire class:
- computer and projector, for the teacher show the class one or more online videos and the Study Design Presentation, a PowerPoint® file
- Example Research Plan: Indoor Air Quality, a few copies to pass around
- Example Research Plan: Investigating Oil and Gas, a few copies to pass around
- Example Research Plan: Using Existing Data, a few copies to pass around
To share with the entire class for the students’ research project data collection (post-activity):
- air quality monitors, such as a rented AQ-IQ Kit (containing 2 Pod low-cost air quality monitors) from the University of Colorado Boulder, or another low-cost monitor with multiple gas-phase sensors; see the Other section for details on obtaining Pods or other monitors
- OR alternatively, have students plan and conduct research studies using existing publicly available data so air monitoring equipment is not needed; see the Project Overview Sheet for suggested sources