Educational Resources

Adult outreach and publications

• Do A Little... Save A Lot! It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air
• Air Matters newsletter (online version beginning Spring 2006)
  • Old issues from 1998 to 2000 [Zip]. Issues from 1999 and 2000 are PDFs. Right-click on this link, then choose Save Target As.
• Air Pollution Can Affect Your Health [PDF] - Learn how air pollution can affect your health, what symptoms to look for and what you can do to protect your health.
• Air Quality in Wisconsin - factsheet [PDF 1235KB]
• Air Repair - brochure [PDF 3469KB]
• Breathing Easier: Forecasting Air Quality in Wisconsin - Wisconsin Natural Resources Magazine supplement, December 2004 [exit DNR]
• Clean Air, Healthy Children [PDF 1255KB] -- Introduce preschool through third grade children to the concepts of respiratory health, air quality, and caring for the environment with these in-class and take-home activities.
  • Clean Air, Healthy Children (in Spanish) [PDF 1231KB]
• Give Burn Barrels the Boot! [PDF 259KB] - Use this guide filled with background information, activities and facts to teach children about open burning, air quality and human respiratory health.
• Ozone and Your Health (English) [PDF 292KB]
• Ozone y Su Salud (Ozone and Your Health, in Spanish) [PDF 179KB]
• Particle Pollution and Your Health [PDF 41 MB]
• The Green(er) Machine - environmental education for car owners
  • PDF version of The Greener Machine
• Auto Log -- a handy log to help you track car repairs, remember routine maintenance, and clue in your auto repair technician
• What is an Air Quality Watch/Air Quality Advisory - factsheet [PDF 327KB]
• Where's the Air? - Teachers activity guide that introduces students to the concept of atmospheric structure and the formation ground level ozone.

Free games and quizzes to download

Kids of all ages learn about air quality through these fun games and puzzles. All downloads are in PDF format.

• Air Quality Match Game
  • Match Game Answers
• Air Quality Crossword Puzzle
  • Crossword Puzzle Answers
• Air Quality Word Search #1, for younger children
• Air Quality Word Search #2, for older children
  • Word Search Answer Key
• Air Quality Circle Game
  • Circle Game Answers
• Air Quality Word Scramble

Web resources

• Air Defenders: The Quest for Clean Air [exit DNR] - A community educational resources on open burning, air quality and respiratory health for teachers, health officials, and other non-formal educators. Air Defenders is an interdisciplinary, multi-media educational program organized as a kit and web site. Kids team up with the Air Defenders - Seeker, Identifyre and Recyclotron - to pursue their quest: to clean the air and protect community health. Air Defenders to the rescue!
  • Air Defenders coloring book [PDF 376KB] - With this book, kids will have fun coloring while learning from the Air Defenders characters, Seeker, Identifyer and Recyclotron, what they can do to clean the air through recycling, composting, turning off the lights, and more.
• Environmental Education for Kids! (EEK!)
  • EEK! Teacher Resources
  • XRT - eXtraordinary Road Trip [exit DNR] - Start your computers and let the adventure begin! XRT: eXtraordinary Road Trip is an educational computer game designed to teach players how to analyze the transporation variables affecting air quality. XRT is thought-provoking, competitive and fun edutainment for drivers of all ages.
• Creating the right atmosphere: Approaches that staved off acid rain set the stage to tackle today's air challenges [PDF 1480KB]. This 16-page supplement celebrates the success of Wisconsin's acid rain efforts, examines the lessons learned from the experience, and applies these lessons to the air quality challenges such as climate change and mercury that face Wisconsin today.

Contact

For more information contact:

DNRAirEducation@wisconsin.gov