Students in grades 9-12 will learn how to analyze real-time and historical data from air quality monitors that are stationed across Tucson’s school districts.
Some of the lessons within the new curriculum center around developing effective research questions, completing air quality reports, studying cases of environmental injustice in Arizona and using Excel to help visualize data.
Natalie Shepp is the climate and community engagement manager at the Pima County Environmental Department. She says there are 20 air quality monitors installed ahead of the curriculum unveiling, which will supplement the 15 already stationed across the county.
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