Asthma and Allergies: Poor Air Quality and Human Health
Meeting Educational Standards across the Curriculum
Two Day Workshop for High School Teachers
Day One
Time
20 min
30 min
20 min
20 min
30 min
1 hour
1 hour
30 min
30 min
30 min
Topic
Connect teachers to the topic
UA COEP - “Reading Research Papers” A Pleasant Afternoon of Play or How Many
Blueberries do I need to Eat?
Background Information
Power Point as an Introduction to Asthma and Allergies
Handouts - AA Resources - American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology Easy
Reader Sheets - What is asthma? - What is allergic rhinitis?
Asthma Movie [Interactive Flash]
UA COEP – “Asthma Quiz from the Asthma and the Air You Breathe” lesson of the Air
Pollution and Asthma Learning Cycle
Break
Curriculum Training – Teaching Reading in the Science Classroom
Improving Reading Skills in the Science Classroom
Issue One: Vocabulary
Issue Two: Detailed Concepts and Relationships
Issue Three: Multi-Step Processes and Cycles
Handouts - Improving Reading Skills in the Science Classroom (Glencoe)
- The Importance of High-Quality Reading Instruction
Ambient Air Module – “Critical Reading Activity”: Asthma and Air Pollution -- Students read
two articles which present starkly different points of view on the role of air pollution in
causing asthma. Students are asked to define terms, identify facts, and contrast the articles'
main ideas.
Lunch
Curriculum Training – Teaching Reading Research Papers in the Science Classroom
UA COEP – “Reading Research Papers” Exploring the Research Paper
Handout – How to Read a Scientific Paper (Little and Parker)
UA COEP – “Reading Research Papers” Mastering the Vocabulary
Break
UA COEP – “Reading Research Papers” No More Training Wheels 1st read
Rosenstreich et al. (1997) The Role of Cockroach Allergy and Exposure to Cockroach
Allergen in Causing Morbidity Among Inner-City Children with Asthma. New England
Journal of Medicine, v336, n19, 1357-1363.
Debriefing and discussion of how this might apply to the classrooms of those teachers
Day Two
Time
30 min
1 hours
1 hour
30 min
1 hour
30 min
1 hour
30 min
Topic
Curriculum Training - continued
HOPE Partnership - Cockroaches, Allergies, and Asthma Poster Creation Activity - start
UA COEP – “Reading Research Papers” No More Training Wheels 2nd read
Rosenstreich et al. (1997) The Role of Cockroach Allergy and Exposure to Cockroach
Allergen in Causing Morbidity Among Inner-City Children with Asthma. New England
Journal of Medicine, v336, n19, 1357-1363.
Break
UA COEP – “Reading Research Papers” No More Training Wheels 3rd read
Rosenstreich et al. (1997) The Role of Cockroach Allergy and Exposure to Cockroach
Allergen in Causing Morbidity Among Inner-City Children with Asthma. New England
Journal of Medicine, v336, n19, 1357-1363.
HOPE Partnership - Cockroaches, Allergies, and Asthma Poster Creation Activity - finish
Lunch
Ambient Air Module - “School Respiratory Health Survey and Analysis” - Students either
design a simple survey or use the provided school survey to determine the prevalence of
asthma and related respiratory ailments in their class or school. Students use data to describe
and quantify the problem then transform the data to test simple hypotheses. Concepts of
confidentiality, sample size, and use of data are covered.
Discussion of the difference between reading synopsis of articles and reading the original
article.
Break
Discussion of Standards and Implementation of the lessons in the classroom as well as
scheduling the COEP staff/students to come to assist the teachers when they implement the
lessons
Evaluation and Networking