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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alan Czarnetzki, UNI professor of meteorology, (319) 273-2152, alan.czarnetzki@uni.edu
Rebecca Schultze, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-6728, rebecca.schultze@uni.edu High school science teachers to study air quality issues, prepare classroom activities at UNI CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Teachers from 15 states will be at the University of Northern Iowa June 21-26 to learn more about air quality and how it fits into the curriculum.
The Science center for Teaching, Outreach, and Research on Meteorology (the STORM Project) at UNI will lead 24 middle and high school science teachers through air quality monitoring and analysis, the Clean Air Act, atmospheric processes that affect air quality and air dispersion modeling. During the intensive, one-week course, participants will develop classroom activities that will be shared with teachers nationwide.
"Air quality issues are more commonly associated with heavily populated states and urban areas, but rural states such as Iowa have their own issues," said Alan Czarnetzki, UNI professor of meteorology. The Environmental Protection Agency sets limits on air pollutant levels in the U.S., and although national air quality has improved over the last 20 years, according to the EPA, many challenges remain to protect public health and the environment.
Czarnetzki has taught courses on weather forecasting and air quality at UNI since 1992. He and UNI professor of earth science and science education Timothy Cooney will instruct the STORM Project's "Studies in Air Quality for Science Educators."
The STORM Project at UNI is a cooperative program between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and UNI. It seeks to initiate, support and coordinate education, service and research activities that relate weather information and conceptual models of the atmosphere to relevant user communities in Iowa and the Midwest.
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