MDE in Your Classroom

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MDE in Your Classroom

• EnviroHealth Connections
• 2007 Summer Institute
• July 16 19, 2007

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Water Programs

• Molly Edsall, C.P.G.
• Water Management Administraton
• medsall_at_mde.state.md.us
• [phone]

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• Lesson Plans
• Hands on Activities
• Field Trips

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1800 Washington Boulevard Baltimore, MD
21230-1718410-537-3000 TTY Users
1-800-735-2258www.mde.state.md.us
Maryland Department of the Environment
Mining Program
www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/WaterPrograms/MiningI
nMaryland
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Waste Programs

• Kara Schwenke
• Waste Management Administraton
• kschwenke_at_mde.state.md.us
• [phone]

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Classroom Presentations on Recycling

• Different Grade Levels
• Followed by Hands-on Activity

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Classroom Presentations on Recycling
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Classroom Presentations

• Hands-on waste sorting

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Classroom Models
Enviroscape Landfill Model
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Classroom Models
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Activities
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Supplementary Materials

• Promotional Hand-outs
• Fact Sheets
• Videos
• Starting a School Recycling Program
• Lesson Plans
• http//www.thinkport.org/Tools/ContentViewer/Conte
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1800 Washington Boulevard Baltimore, MD
21230-1718410-537-3000 TTY Users
1-800-735-2258www.mde.state.md.us
Maryland Department of the Environment
Recycling and Operations Program
www.mde.state.md.us/recycling
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Air Programs

• Robert Maddox
• Air and Radiation Management Administration
• Rmaddox_at_mde.state.md.us
• [phone]

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What is Ozone?

• Ozone is a gas that is found in the stratosphere
  and the troposphere (ground level)
• At ground level, ozone is an air pollutant that
  affects human health, damages vegetation and
  common materials and is an ingredient of smog

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Ozone (O3)

• Good up high, bad nearby

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How Does Ground Level Ozone Form?

• VOCs NOx Sunlight Ozone
• When high levels of VOCs and NOx react in the
  presence of sunlight and hot weather, ground
  level ozone forms. 
• Other factors involved with the formation of
  ground level ozone cloud cover, wind direction,
  and low wind speeds. When weather conditions are
  conducive, and there are ample amounts of NOx and
  VOCs, harmful concentrations of ground level
  ozone can form in the air. 

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Ozone Formation
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Health Effects From Air Pollutants

• Irritates eyes, nose, throat and respiratory
  system
• Aggravates lung diseases
• Causes premature aging of lungs
• Stresses cardiovascular system

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People at Risk

• Children
• Active adults
• Elderly
• People with lung and
• heart illnesses

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Air Quality Index
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Regional Air Quality Forecast
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National Air Quality Map
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It All Adds Up to Cleaner Air

• To view and download the It All Adds Up to
  Cleaner Air winter messages and materials, please
  visit http//www.italladdsup.gov/community_partner
  s/winter.asp

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Empowerment

• Students can take action!
• Anti-Idling Programs
• Bike / Walk to School
• Use AQI/forecasts to Plan Activities

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Activities

• Air Pollution Whats the Solution?
• Smog City http//www.smogcity.com/

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Resources for Teachers

• USEPA Ozone - Good Up High, Bad Nearby
• USEPA Air Quality Guide for Ozone
• USEPA AIRNow
• EPA Ground-Level Ozone (Smog) Information
• Air Info Now  

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Technical Resources

• Air Quality Modeling
• AQI to Concentration - Concentration to AQI
• Open Air Classroom

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Health Effects

• Effects of Common Air Pollutants
• Particle Pollution and Your Health
• How Smoke from Fires can Affect Your Health

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Weather Information

• Weather Underground
• Intellicast
• The Weather Channel
• USA Today Weather

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Health Resources

• Air Info Now Ozone Health Effects
• USEPA Ozone and Your Health
• American Lung Association
• USEPA Smog - Who Does It Hurt?

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Expert Resources

• Ask An Expert If you still have questions about
  common air pollutants, why not ask an expert?
• Contact Richard Wayland (wayland.richard_at_epa.gov),
  USEPA Office of Air Quality Planning Standards
  
• The GLOBE Program
• Bob Maddox, MDE rmaddox_at_mde.state.md.us

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Organizations

• NESCAUM - Northeast States for Coordinated Air
  Use Management
• USEPA - United States Environmental Protection
  Agency
• Maryland Department of the Environment

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1800 Washington Boulevard Baltimore, MD
21230-1718410-537-3000 TTY Users
1-800-735-2258www.mde.state.md.us
Maryland Department of the Environment
Air and Radiation Management Admin.
www.mde.state.md.us/Programs/AirPrograms/Monitorin
g
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1800 Washington Boulevard Baltimore, MD
21230-1718410-537-3000 TTY Users
1-800-735-2258www.mde.state.md.us
Questions?
http//www.mde.state.md.us/CitizensInfoCenter/envi
ronmental_education/index.asp
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