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Air Quality IndexIn this interactive activity adapted from "Air Quality Index: A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health" by the U.S. EPA, learn about common pollutants in the air we breathe, their health effects, and how their levels are reported. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Can Organic Farms and Mosquito Control Coexist?Learn about one town's conflict over the issue of spraying pesticides to combat disease-carrying insects, in this video segment from Greater Boston. |
6-12 |
Video |
Careers in Environmental HealthThis interactive activity produced for Teachers’ Domain examines some of the career opportunities available in the environmental public health field and describes how the work of professionals in this field directly impacts human health. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Chemical Risks to a FetusLearn about the risks environmental contaminants pose for a developing fetus, in this video adapted from Contaminated Without Consent. |
9-12 |
Video |
Chicken Waste and Water PollutionIn this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: “Poisoned Waters,” learn how unregulated waste from large-scale chicken farms contributes to water pollution. |
6-12 |
Video |
Clean Water Systems in MexicoThe push to modernize Mexico's water and sanitation systems not only saved human lives, it also spurred economic growth, as illustrated in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. |
6-12 |
Video |
Climate Change and Human HealthLearn how global climate change affects human health in this interactive activity adapted from "A Human Health Perspective: On Climate Change" by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Endocrine Disruptor HypothesisScientists discuss whether or not endocrine disrupting chemicals, which may cause birth defects and other health concerns, should be controlled in the absence of conclusive proof, in this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: "Fooling with Nature." |
6-12 |
Video |
Environmental Justice: Opposing Industrial Hog FarmingLearn about the impact that large-scale hog farming has had on one minority community in North Carolina and how residents fought back to protect their water supply and property, in this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism." |
6-12 |
Video |
Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste IncineratorIn this video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: "Toxic Racism," learn how farm workers and farm owners formed a rare alliance in an effort to block the use of an incinerator in their Latino community by suing a major corporation for environmental discrimination. |
6-12 |
Video |
Environmental Justice: Opposing a Toxic Waste LandfillThis video segment adapted from Earthkeeping: “Toxic Racism” talks about the early days of the environmental justice movement and how the health of minority communities can be compromised by the disproportionate numbers of hazardous waste facilities located there. |
6-12 |
Video |
Epidemiologists: Disease DetectivesIn this lesson, students learn about epidemiology and the role epidemiologists play in responding to disease outbreaks and protecting public health. |
9-12 |
Lesson Plan |
Eradicating Malaria with DDTLearn about the role of the controversial chemical DDT in the worldwide malaria eradication program, and hear from an expert who advocates bringing it back, in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. |
9-12 |
Video |
Farm Nitrates in the Water SupplyLearn how nitrate runoff from farm fertilizers can negatively impact human health and how a water treatment plant is tackling the challenge, in this video excerpted from Big River. |
6-12 |
Video |
Groundbreaking Pesticide BanLearn how one child's willingness to share her experience of life-threatening exposure to lawn pesticides helped inspire a citywide ban of pesticides for lawn or garden use, in this video segment adapted from Playing with Poison. |
6-12 |
Video |
How to Reduce Lead ExposureLearn how to prevent childhood lead poisoning in this video segment adapted from Lead Awareness for Parents by the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning. |
6-8 |
Video |
John Snow: Pioneer of EpidemiologyThe key tactics of epidemiology—surveillance and response—were first used by Dr. John Snow during a cholera outbreak in 1850s London, as dramatized in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. |
6-12 |
Video |
Malaria Treatment and Prevention StrategiesIn this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival, watch a graphic representation of the malaria parasite and hear from experts about the physical and economic effects of the disease on the human population, as well as treatments and preventive measures. |
6-12 |
Video |
Natural Gas Mining ContaminantsThis video segment adapted from Split Estate reveals some community health consequences of natural gas mining. |
8-12 |
Video |
New Contaminants in the Water SupplyIn this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: “Poisoned Waters,” hear about the challenges facing water treatment facilities and environmental regulators as they try to keep up with new chemicals found in the water supply. |
9-12 |
Video |
PCB Cleanup in SeattleIn this video segment adapted from FRONTLINE: “Poisoned Waters,” a Seattle community, concerned about its health, fights to clean up PCBs in its neighborhood. |
6-12 |
Video |
The Potential Health Hazards of Vinyl SidingFollow one family's investigation into the toxins generated through the production and disposal of vinyl siding, in this video segment adapted from Blue Vinyl. |
6-12 |
Video |
Protesting a Natural Gas FacilityMeet a high school student who mobilized her community to stop construction of a liquefied natural gas facility, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute. |
6-12 |
Video |
Rachel Carson's Silent SpringIn this video segment adapted from American Experience: "Rachel Carson's Silent Spring," learn how the lethal impact of the pesticide DDT on wildlife inspired biologist Rachel Carson to write Silent Spring. |
6-12 |
Video |
Taking Action for a Clean EnvironmentIn this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore activism, some of the tactics that youth activists may use to influence others and bring about change, and the characteristics activists possess. |
9-12 |
Self-paced Lesson |
Teen Fights for Toxic Waste CleanupMeet a student who successfully lobbied her state legislature about toxic waste sites in her neighborhood, in this video adapted from Earth Island Institute’s New Leaders Initiative. |
9-12 |
Video |
Teens for Safe CosmeticsIn this video adapted from Earth Island Institute's New Leaders Initiative, meet a high school student who worked to enact a state law to make cosmetics safer, after she learned they contained toxic chemicals linked to cancer. |
6-12 |
Video |
Understanding Air: Air Pollution and Modeling Pollutants with LEGO® BricksIn this lesson, students learn about the chemical reactions that release various pollutants into the atmosphere and what happens when pollutants in the air are exposed to sunlight. They model incomplete combustion using LEGO bricks, and explore the connection between air quality and environmental health. |
5-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Unintended Chemical ExposuresThis interactive slideshow produced for Teachers' Domain features products and foods we use every day and explains why some of the chemicals they contain might be hazardous to our health. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
West Nile Virus Outbreak in NYCLearn how doctors in both the veterinary and human health fields unraveled the mystery of the deadly West Nile virus outbreak in New York City in this video segment adapted from Rx for Survival. |
6-12 |
Video |
