Urban Environmental Quality and Human Health: Conceiving a Sustainable Future

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.07.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Overview
  2. Objectives
  3. Introduction
  4. Classroom activities
  5. Endnotes
  6. Teacher Resources
  7. Appendix

Relating Air Quality and Prevalence of Asthma in Children

Ella M. Boyd

Published September 2008

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Teacher Resources

Bogart, Mike, Shawna Caldwell, and Donna Cavaliere, et. al.. State of the Environment Report - 2008. Bill Carroll. Mecklenburg County: Mecklenburg County, 2008

Borislaw, Bilash II, and Martin Shields. A Demo A Day - A Year of Biological Demonstrations. Batavia, IL: Flinn Scientific, Inc., 2001.

Bryan,Jenny. Just the Facts - Asthma. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2004

EPA, "PM Standards." May, 2008.http://www.epa.gov/air/particlepollution/standards.html (accessed July 20, 2008).

Inselman, Laura. "kidshealthorg/kid/body/lungs." August, 2006.kidshealth.org/kid/body/lungs_noSW.html (accessed June, 2008).

NSF Science & Technology Center,Environmental Science: A Collection of Activities for the Middle School Classroom. The Science House. Chapel Hill: North Carolina State University, 2001.

Storey, Eileen, and Mark Cullen. A Survey of Asthma Prevalence in Elementary School Children. Jane Bradley. North Haven, CT: Environment & Health, Inc., 2003

Wargo, John, Green Intelligence, Yale University Press, 2008.

Wargo,John. The Harmful Effects of Vehicle Exhaust. Jane Bradley. North Haven, CT: Environment & Human Health, Inc., 2006.

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