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Drivers, Start Your Engines!
Making Air Quality Practical, Relevant, and FUN for Youth
Roberta BurnesEnvironmental Education Specialist
Kentucky Division for Air Quality
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Air quality is abstract
Make it activeMake it
personalEngage the
senses
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How do consumer decisions impact air quality?
2006 Hummer H3 Midsize SUVMPG – City 16/Highway 20
Maximum Seating - 5
2006 Chevrolet Corvette ConvertibleMPG – City 18/Highway 26
Maximum Seating - 2
2006 Toyota Prius Compact Hybrid SedanMPG – City 60/Highway 51
Maximum Seating - 5
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Setting the Stage
• Students receive car cards with MPG data
• Each student gets three gas tokens
• Each gas token is worth one gallon of gas
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ProcedureStudents line
upChoose city
or highway
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ProcedureBegin walking,
counting stepsOne step=one
mile
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ProcedureRefer to car cards for
MPGDrop one gas token
for every gallon of gas you use
When you run out of gas, stop!
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ProcedureSome cars go
farther than others on a gallon of gas! Maybe I should choose another vehicle ….
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The carpool advantageStudents
choose who they want to carpool with
Students “pool” their gas tokens
No one runs out of gas!
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Extensions: Hybrid cars
Where’s the exhaust?
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Extensions: GHG emissions
Collecting tailpipe exhaust to test for CO2
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Extensions: GHG emissions
Car exhaust is release into solution of bromothymol blue
Amount of color change indicates relative concentration of CO2
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ConclusionsAir quality
impacts everything – people, plants, environment
Look for ways to make it “touchy-feely”
Have fun!