Air quality education
Air quality education is a downloadable, free to use curriculum-linked education programme full of opportunities to raise awareness, learn and explore air pollution both inside and outside of the classroom. Pupils can engage in activities from experiments and data collection to campaigning for healthier air. Suitable for KS1 through to KS5.
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About air quality
Poor air quality affects people’s health and damages the environment. In Leicester there are two main pollutants of concern: nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter. The main source of these pollutants is road traffic, in particular diesel engines.
Leicester has an air quality action plan, a strategic approach to delivering better air quality. This action plan sets out how we will improve air quality and meet the EU standards for nitrogen dioxide, but we cannot achieve this alone. We are asking you to support tackling air quality by tackling parking around your school and actively encouraging sustainable transport for students, staff and parents.
What is the air quality education programme?
The air quality education programme offers schools the opportunity to link air quality into the national curriculum and their own environmental education programmes and activities.
The programme is made up of a suite of free to download tools and resources for teachers to incorporate into lesson plans – making our programme adaptable.
Resources are available in Word, PowerPoint and PDF formats.
Air quality education activities includes:
- assemblies to raise awareness
- curriculum linked lessons and activities for KS1-5
- outdoor learning opportunities
- after school clubs
- school-led campaign activities to raise awareness
- Switch off your engine – anti-idling campaigning
- Clean Air Day activities
Links to eco-schools topics:
- Transport
- Healthy living
Contact information
My contact details are:
Danni Kennell
Education Officer (Air Quality)
Email: transport-strategyenquires@leicester.gov.uk
Global goal links
- 3 - Good health and wellbeing
- 4 - Quality education
- 13 - Climate action
- 17 - Partnerships for goals
Please consider the environment.