Resources

1)Testing your School

We show students how to benchmark their school environment with professional tools and protocols including:

Operations Report Card from the Collaboration for High Performing Schools

WELL Building standards

Energy Star Portfolio Manager

https://www.energystar.gov/buildings/benchmark

Tools for Schools was developed by the EPA to help teachers, school staff and administrators find or prevent potential health hazards at their schools.

It has several checklists that your students can use as part of their school testing projects. You can order an action kit with the link below.

https://www.epa.gov/iaq-schools/indoor-air-quality-tools-schools-action-kit

You can download and print the Tools for Schools checklists for your students to complete during their school or classroom walk through with these links.

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-08/documents/ventchklst.pdf

ORC_DataCollectionForm Editing-6 by Ed Wansing.

ORC_DataCollectionForm Editing-3 by Ed Wansing.

2)Healthy Home Work

Students learn to identify asthma triggers and toxics in their homes.

Students learn to check their home water service lines for lead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HEdl2sVcI
Students learn to sign up their family for community solar to reduce their energy costs.

3)Community Health

We study community health with our students and use our data to better understand how to keep them healthy.

4)Scientific Studies

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Students read scientific studies on environmental health before creating studies of their own environments.

5) Environmental Issues

Curtis Bay protest use this one by . — Protest against proposed incinerator in Curtis Bay

We connect our students to environmental issues and health advocates in their communities

Fair Air Project

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cafeteria dashboard by . — air quality dashboard

Air Quality in Cafeteria — High levels of TVOC are not necessarily hazardous, but they give us a signal to check air quality and ventilation.

We are offering schools up to 10 air quality monitors for their students to capture and analyze air quality data. They collect temperature, humidity, PM 2.5 (small particle) and TVOC (Total Volatile Organic Compounds) on an ongoing basis and provide an online dashboard with current and historic data.

To join this project, email shan@coolgreenschools.org or call Shan at 410-336-8239.