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This section provides educators and students with evidence-based materials—including comprehensive workbooks and interactive media—to help identify indoor air pollutants and implement practical strategies for cleaner air in schools and homes.


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This '''Teacher’s Guide''' has been developed to support the educational workbook designed for children aged 5 to 12 years old. Its main goal is to help educators integrate the topic of indoor air quality (IAQ) into classroom activities in an accessible, structured, and engaging way.
This comprehensive Teacher’s Guide provides the pedagogical framework for integrating Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) into school curricula for students aged 5 to 18. It serves as a roadmap for the student workbooks, offering:
 
* Instructional Support: Step-by-step guidance for conducting classroom experiments and interactive exercises.
The guide provides scientifically grounded explanations, key background information on indoor air pollutants (such as carbon dioxide, ozone, particulate matter, and volatile organic compounds), and their sources, effects on health, and links to environmental sustainability and public health. It also includes step-by-step instructions for conducting classroom activities, experiments, and interactive exercises featured in the student workbook.
* Scientific Background: Deep dives into the health impacts and environmental links of key pollutants, including Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, Particulate Matter, and Volatile Organic Compounds.
* Certification: Includes an official EDIAQI Diploma to be granted to students upon completion of their IAQ learning modules.


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This educational workbook is designed for students aged 5 to 12 years old to explore and understand indoor air quality and its impact on health and the environment.
Designed for primary school students, this workbook uses active learning to internalize complex environmental concepts. Key features include:
 
* Guided Observation: Tasks to help children identify pollution sources in their immediate daily environments.
The workbook includes explanations about key indoor pollutants—such as carbon dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, and volatile organic compounds—along with their sources, effects on human health, and practical strategies to improve air quality. It also incorporates hands-on activities like experiments, observation tasks, word searches, and poster-making to help students internalize knowledge through active learning.
* Hands-on Experiments: Simple activities such as "particle detection" to make invisible pollutants visible.
* Creative Synthesis: Exercises in poster-making and word searches to reinforce knowledge about healthy indoor habits


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This educational workbook is designed for students aged 12 to 18 years old to explore and understand indoor air quality and its impact on health and the environment. It provides an engaging way to introduce children to complex environmental issues through games, experiments, and creative activities.
Tailored for secondary students, this workbook transitions from awareness to technical mitigation and engineering solutions. Highlights include:
 
* Technical DIY Projects: Detailed instructions for building a Corsi-Rosenthal Box (Comparetto Cube)—a low-cost, high-efficiency air purifier made from MERV-13 filters and a box fan.
The workbook includes explanations about key indoor pollutants—such as carbon dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, and volatile organic compounds—along with their sources, effects on human health, and practical strategies to improve air quality. It also incorporates hands-on activities like experiments, observation tasks, word searches, and poster-making to help students internalize knowledge through active learning.
* Multi-Pollutant Analysis: Advanced explanations of how indoor activities (printers, cleaning products, tobacco) contribute to multipollutant body burdens.
* Critical Thinking: Activities that challenge students to analyze the relationship between ventilation rates and inhabitant health.


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Latest revision as of 12:08, 17 February 2026

This section provides educators and students with evidence-based materials—including comprehensive workbooks and interactive media—to help identify indoor air pollutants and implement practical strategies for cleaner air in schools and homes.

Teacher's Guide and Diploma

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This comprehensive Teacher’s Guide provides the pedagogical framework for integrating Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) into school curricula for students aged 5 to 18. It serves as a roadmap for the student workbooks, offering:

  • Instructional Support: Step-by-step guidance for conducting classroom experiments and interactive exercises.
  • Scientific Background: Deep dives into the health impacts and environmental links of key pollutants, including Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, Particulate Matter, and Volatile Organic Compounds.
  • Certification: Includes an official EDIAQI Diploma to be granted to students upon completion of their IAQ learning modules.

Workbook 5-12

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Designed for primary school students, this workbook uses active learning to internalize complex environmental concepts. Key features include:

  • Guided Observation: Tasks to help children identify pollution sources in their immediate daily environments.
  • Hands-on Experiments: Simple activities such as "particle detection" to make invisible pollutants visible.
  • Creative Synthesis: Exercises in poster-making and word searches to reinforce knowledge about healthy indoor habits

Workbook 12-18

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Tailored for secondary students, this workbook transitions from awareness to technical mitigation and engineering solutions. Highlights include:

  • Technical DIY Projects: Detailed instructions for building a Corsi-Rosenthal Box (Comparetto Cube)—a low-cost, high-efficiency air purifier made from MERV-13 filters and a box fan.
  • Multi-Pollutant Analysis: Advanced explanations of how indoor activities (printers, cleaning products, tobacco) contribute to multipollutant body burdens.
  • Critical Thinking: Activities that challenge students to analyze the relationship between ventilation rates and inhabitant health.

Animated video

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This short introductory video is designed to help teachers present the basic concepts of indoor air quality to students in a simple and engaging way.

The video explains what air is, how it can become polluted, the main indoor air pollutants (such as CO₂, ozone, particulate matter and VOCs), and why clean air is essential for human health and well-being. It also highlights everyday actions that can help improve air quality in classrooms, homes, and other indoor spaces.

Teachers can use this video at the beginning of a lesson to introduce the topic, encourage discussion, and prepare students for the workbook activities. It serves as an accessible and motivating resource to raise awareness about air quality and promote healthy habits from an early age.

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