Environmental Health 101 Lesson

Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration

Category: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK)

Environmental Health 101 Lesson
Post Date:	September 11, 2019
Resource Type:	Curriculum Learning Kit
Description:	Lesson Plan: Basic Concepts - Environmental Health 101 Summary: Students are introduced to basic environmental health concepts in the context of an air quality study that used personal monitoring devices to measure exposure. Lesson Type: Short - this lesson will take 20-30 minutes to implement. Thematic - this lesson can be used alone or as part of a series of lessons to develop deeper understanding of a topic or concept. This lesson is part of the "Basic Concepts" series of thematic lessons, which will include additional lessons on toxicology and risk assessment (to be published in May 2009). EHP Article: Backpack on Board: Individual Air Monitoring Predicts Prenatal Exposure to PAHs Environ Health Perspect 116:A490 (2008) Accessible at: http://eeportal.minnesotaee.org/download/ehp-116-a490a.pdf. Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: define basic environmental health terms (environment, environmental health, pollutant, source, exposure, dose, response, and risk); identify the application of those terms from an article describing an environmental health study; differentiate between three different fields of science within the environmental health sciences (toxicology, epidemiology, and exposure assessment) Class Time: 30 minutes Grade Level Middle school, high school, college Subjects Addressed: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science To access the lesson plan, go to http://eeportal.minnesotaee.org/download/ehp-basic-concepts-lesson.pdf.
Author:	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Topic:	Health
Audience:	Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 Higher Education Formal Educator
Length in pages or time:	7 pp.
Fee?:	0
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Order information or contact:	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 11 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC USA 27709 919-541-3345 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
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Post Date:

September 11, 2019

Resource Type:

Description:

Lesson Plan:

Basic Concepts - Environmental Health 101

Summary: Students are introduced to basic environmental health concepts in the context of an air quality study that used personal monitoring devices to measure exposure.

Lesson Type: Short - this lesson will take 20-30 minutes to implement. Thematic - this lesson can be used alone or as part of a series of lessons to develop deeper understanding of a topic or concept. This lesson is part of the "Basic Concepts" series of thematic lessons, which will include additional lessons on toxicology and risk assessment (to be published in May 2009).

EHP Article: Backpack on Board: Individual Air Monitoring Predicts Prenatal Exposure to PAHs
Environ Health Perspect 116:A490 (2008) Accessible at: http://eeportal.minnesotaee.org/download/ehp-116-a490a.pdf.

Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: define basic environmental health terms (environment, environmental health, pollutant, source, exposure, dose, response, and risk); identify the application of those terms from an article describing an environmental health study; differentiate between three different fields of science within the environmental health sciences (toxicology, epidemiology, and exposure assessment)

Class Time: 30 minutes
Grade Level Middle school, high school, college

Subjects Addressed: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science

To access the lesson plan, go to http://eeportal.minnesotaee.org/download/ehp-basic-concepts-lesson.pdf.

Author:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Topic:

Health

Audience:

Length in pages or time:

7 pp.

Fee?:

Library Loan?:

Is Training required?:

Seasonal?:

Language other than English:

Order information or contact:

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 11 T.W. Alexander Drive Research Triangle Park, NC USA 27709 919-541-3345 http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

Link:

MAEE Partner

Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK)