Study of air pollution on cities

On January 9, 2021, an online meeting was held on the next activity: Air pollution and health, a case study (International Group Work)

Students are divided into teams according to the international color of the team. Using previous activity and discussion on harmful substances emitted into the air, as a result of their research, the teams created joint presentation materials using web2 tools.

Each team have one teacher mentor.

Group Work Assignment

Final video of activity

The topic of the video was Air Quality Index in our cities: Paris, Zabok and Eskişehir and studying the concentration of particles in the air in a certain period

Group Work Assignment

The task is to search the air pollutants which are given below

1. Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)
2. Ozone (O3) and related Oxidants
3. Herbicides

Final video of activity

Group Work Assignment

The task is to search the air pollutants which are given below

Green Team A: insecticide

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14-TnudWJVm0RnsI0vVAQRNPfKl-bJ_6XF9oKG7zfnNI/edit?usp=sharing

Green Team B: heavy metal

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U9oohaVG5gW49vGLbnaU-krfniJxRCB1rv9fP7lokA4/edit?usp=sharing

Green Team C: hydrocarbon

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rQ4A9fMf5bJ7eaGnd6Fvib0-dUrp3215QgvjKeYgvHQ/edit?usp=sharing

Students had to fill it in collaborative google slide "Database Photos", they had to put some pictures of their toxic substance and they had to answered the question.

1. What is your toxic substance?
2. Where your toxic substance come from?
3. What is the effect of your toxic substance on health?

Group Work Assignment

The task is to search the air pollutants which are given below

Yellow Team A: ammonia

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jNshrSdH8fHV5e4UuV0oGFNrtTYPZHKMnxvF3bGOT3E/edit?usp=sharing

Yellow Team B: sulfur dioxide

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PywJhM-fjMQLZn5fqUWjSRmKOu71m1POP_1KhKpwsV0/edit?usp=sharing

Yellow Team C: fungicide

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1y1FVS95dxXddfJ-PLCpUnSzHTgA6oSwhT0Ruf8rrymw/edit?usp=sharing

Students had to fill it in collaborative google slide "Database Photos", they had to put some pictures of their toxic substance and they had to answered the question.

1. What is your toxic substance?
2. Where your toxic substance come from?
3. What is the effect of your toxic substance on health?

https://youtu.be/k9hD3hC-1iU

Students researched and collected information on particles of sulfur dioxide (SO2), ammonia (NH3), fungicides, insecticides, heavy metals and hydrocarbons, and studied their harmful effects on human health. The results of the research were presented in the video presentation:

e-brochure

e-book

In the end we had post assessments in which we had some questions to evaluate our project. These assessments are implemented to the students and teachers with different tests.

Post Assessment for students

Post Assessment for teachers

The results of the post test that was implemented to the teachers are below. According to the results all teachers would like to join and create a new eTwinning project and conduct studies on air pollution in their schools. %100 of teachers believe that this project has contributed to their knowledge on air pollution and their language and digital competences.They think that this project has raised awareness on pollutants, toxic substances and air pollution in their schools and neighbourhood.