By Lexi Rudolph
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division
of Air Quality is launching a new high school curriculum focused on air quality
in North Carolina.
The It’s Our Air! program
will officially launch April 26 in a ceremony at the Nature Research Center in
downtown Raleigh.
It’s Our Air! is
a free curriculum that includes a series of engaging activities and videos
focused on air quality for the state’s high school-level earth and
environmental science teachers. The program is designed to help students
develop a better understanding of the science and technology that helps us
explain, monitor, predict and protect air quality.
It’s Our Air!
supports the state’s Environmental Literacy Plan for K-12 schools. The plan’s
goal is to ensure North Carolina high school graduates can make informed
decisions about issues that affect our natural resources. It’s Our Air! supports this goal by providing high school students
with real world, hands-on environmental science activities aligned with the State
Essential Standards for Science. The Office of Environmental Education will
also incorporate the program into the state environmental education
certification. As an instructional environmental education certification
workshop, It’s Our Air! training will
provide new content for teachers and non-formal educators, in addition to
credit hours toward environmental education certification completion.
The It’s Our Air!
launch and awards ceremony will be from 9-11 a.m. April 26 in the William G.
Ross Jr. Environmental Conference Center, 121 West Jones St., Raleigh. People
who participate will hear from a host of dignitaries, including DEQ Secretary
Michael Regan and DAQ Director Michael Abraczinskas. The event will be used to recognize
educators and team members who developed It’s
Our Air! as well as meteorologists who share the air quality forecasts with
North Carolinians.
To learn more about the curriculum, visit www.itsourair.org or contact Jonathan.Navarro@ncdenr.gov or
919-707-8400 with questions.
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