Clean Air festival topics and activities

Make a plan for your display 

TOPICS: 

1. take CO2 levels in different school rooms show pics of result.   

2. build a CR box write clear instructions for how to make a  CR box 

3.  Outdoor and Indoor air pollution. PM 2.5 from indoor and outdoor sources . What are the effects of wildfire smoke affect on health. make a poster & a physical creative display out of wood & human body model . 

4.  historical CO2 levels NASA and NOAA data shows changes in CO2 over time. Make a poster of Climate change & a physical creative display of the earth & CO2 & using props like a skull 

5.  Performance options: 

Do some busking at the festival:  

6.  Co-design a sustainable future: Be an artist for the festival 

SUSTAINABLE LIVING

 transportation , living in your house, work, shopping , gathering, recreation 

Online resources:

fire smoke forecast 

https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/

Clean Air Crew instructions for CR box , note instructions on the single filter model

https://cleanaircrew.org/box-fan-filters/

CR boxes can reduce illness in classrooms by removing germs floating in the air . A news article summarizing  the scientific research 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/this-diy-air-purifier-costs-far-less-than-a-hepa-purifier-and-studies-say-it-works-1.6098237

Fraser health summary of wildfire smoke health effects

https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/air-quality/wildfire-smoke

CO2 levels 

Good ventilation health effects Lancet article on designing infectious disease resilience in schools. pic1 of ventilation benefits 

https://healthybuildings.hsph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/LANCET-April-2021-Designing-infectious-disease-resilience-into-school-buildings-through-improvements-to-venitlation-and-air-cleaning.pdf

Health Canada summary of ventilation as source of pic2 on CO2 harms

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/residential-indoor-air-quality-guidelines-carbon-dioxide.html

infectious disease https://www.salon.com/2023/06/25/poor-air-filtration-in-schools-is-driving-absences-and-tanking-productivity-but-the-fix-is-simple/

taking readings for aranet 4 

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/healthy-living/infographic-fine-particulate-matter.htmlwildfire smoke 

https://climateatlas.ca/wildfire-smoke-and-climate-change#:~:text=This%20will%20only%20continue%20as,more%20smoke%2Drelated%20health%20problems.

NASA data on climate impact of higher CO2 levels 

https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/?intent=121

Practice Drawing Bohr Diagram and Lewis Diagram

   

You will practice drawing Bohr Diagrams and Lewis diagrams.   You can practice this by working through  this Study guide on the same topic  and the Answer key   or you can work on any worksheets provided in class.

liver or potato enzyme lab

 

In the human body, ENZYMES help speed up chemical reactions. 

Today we take a piece of raw pork liver and add it to Hydrogen Peroxide.  Raw liver contains an enzyme called "catalase" which has a job of breaking the bonds in hydrogen peroxide.  When those bonds are broken, atoms rearrange themselves and new products are formed.  

In the lab, we discover the new products

Dry Ice lab: Solid CO2

 

you did  a solid carbon dioxide lab

Balancing Equations

 Watch the video on balancing equations

You may try using our class lego to balance equations by assigning a lego piece to an atom. 

 You may also work on the chemistry practice sheets on nomenclature. 

Calcium Lab lab report

Assignment:   Write up our lab on Calcium and water. FORMAT:  paper write up or word doc or pdf or powerpoint 

 Your lab must include the following

1.  Your First and Last name 

2. Purpose of lab:  The purpose of the lab is to find out what happens when you add calcium to water. PART I  Describe the teacher demo that preceded this lab. 

PART II DESCRIBE THE STUDENT EXPERIMENT IN DETAIL 

3.a Materials: write a complete list of materials that we used 

b.  Safety:  list the safety precautions for this lab

4. Procedure: Draw a cartoon to describe the step by step procedure  that is so well written that another person could read it and replicate your actions exactly. You may also upload pics demonstrating your procedure. 

A. PROCEDURE WITH TEST TUBE AND BEAKER

B  PROCEDURE WITH BEAKER AND SOAP

5.  What is the question we are trying to answer?  For example there were two possible gases that came out of this reaction.  What gases were they? What were possible outcomes of this lab?

6. Results:  Describe in detail what happened after you did the procedure.  Include any photos you took.  How did you know you made the gas, which gas?  

7.  What was the white stuff?  How did you test for the identity of the white stuff? 

8. Write your conclusion in paragraph form.  


EVALUATION   IS OUT OF 25 IN TOTAL

5
presentation is out of 5.  for 5/5 it is typed  with illustrations or photos and handed in electronically or on paper

     for 4/5 it is pretty good but there are a few spelling mistakes.  for 0-3 out of 5 it is in pencil or messy.  I prefer this to be printed

10
Clear writing is out of 10.  for 9/10 or 10/10, it is written with no English mistakes and it clearly communicates each part of the lab report.    7-8/10  it is very well written     for 5-6/10 some parts are not so clear and the reader must guess what you are trying to say.  0-4/10, it is minimally communicating what happened

10
Paragraphs are insightful and your observations are well done. this is out of 10.
             9-10/10,   your observations and conclusions are well written and logical.  It is brilliant
              7-8/10   your observations and conclusions are very well done
               5-6   your conclusions don't really logically follow from your results
                0-4   your conclusions are not relating to your results at all

reviewing nomenclature

 we reviewed how to do ionic compound nomenclature . You can practice ionic and covalent nomenclature by going to this page here. Watch the videos to review how to do it and then do the practice  questions

NOMENCLATURE PRACTICE