Hazardous Household Chemicals

Doug Moore Joe HammondCynthia GodoyTiffany Cooper

The Issue:

“Should our homes be filled with hazardous household products we are not knowledgeable about ”

BackgroundBackground::

Consequences of improper use:Consequences of improper use:

Water ContaminationWater Contamination

Child TamperingChild Tampering

Chemical ReactionsChemical Reactions

Airborne PathogensAirborne Pathogens

Environmental DegradationEnvironmental Degradation

Research Questions:• Are Harris County residents

knowledgeable of hazardous household products?

• Are Harris County residents aware of their proper disposal?

Rubbing Alcohol

Data Collection Methodology: We did house to house around Houston, in the workplace, little league fields, and at local schools.

Target Population: The respondents were part of a household, 18 or older, and lived in Harris County.

Click Here for Larger Version

Instrument:Opinionaire and Questionnaire

Data Interpretation:

Action Plan:

• Create pamphlets and fliers to hand outCreate pamphlets and fliers to hand out• Gave educational material on proper Gave educational material on proper

disposaldisposal• Give addresses to helpful websites with Give addresses to helpful websites with

further information:further information:– www.epa.gov– www.epa.gov/epaoswer/oswwww.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw– www.epa.gov/seahome/housewaste/src/www.epa.gov/seahome/housewaste/src/

intro.htmintro.htm

• §126.12. Technology Applications (Computer Literacy), Grades 6-8 – (7) Solving problems. The student uses appropriate

computer-based productivity tools to create and modify solutions to problems. The student is expected to:

• (A) plan, create, and edit documents created with a word processor using readable fonts, alignment, page setup, tabs, and ruler settings;

• (D) demonstrate proficiency in the use of multimedia authoring programs by creating linear or non-linear projects incorporating text, audio, video, and graphics;

• (G) integrate two or more productivity tools into a document including, but not limited to, tables, charts and graphs, graphics from paint or draw programs, and mail merge;

TEKS: Grade 7

Sources:

• Background Images from Google.com under “Images”– http://www.google.com/imghp?

hl=en&tab=wi&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=

• Clip Art from Microsoft Clip Art (in Power Point)• TEKS and symbol from Texas Education Agency

– http://www.tea.state.tx.us/teks/

• Animations from Microsoft Clip Art