Suitable for secondary, high school and college students, this article and accompanying activity sheet can be used in the classroom, school clubs and at home.
This resource links to KS3, KS4 and KS5 biology, geography and citizenship.
It can also be used as a careers resource and links to Gatsby Benchmarks:
Gatsby Benchmark 2: Learning from career and labour market information
Gatsby Benchmark 4: Linking curriculum learning to careers
• “Air pollution is a major risk to public health in the UK,” says Frederic Coulon, Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology at the Cranfield Water Science Institute, and Principal Investigator of the BioAirNet team. “It is estimated that between 28,000 – 36,000 deaths a year in the UK can be attributed to long-term exposure to particulate pollution.”
Smoke and exhaust fumes are the most common suspects for these deaths, but less well-understood are the effects of biological particulate matter (known as BioPM). This is what the BioAirNet team is focused on finding out.
• This resource explains what BioPM is and how the BioAirNet team is informing the UK’s 2019 Clean Air Strategy.
It also explains the term ‘interdisciplinarity’ and how studies in a wide range of subjects can lead to a career in air quality.
The animation summarises the main points in the article. A script with activity ideas is also available.
• If your students (or you) have questions for the BioAirNet team, you/they can send them to them online. All you need to do is to go to the article online (see the Futurum link below), scroll down to the end and type in the question(s). The BioAirNet team will reply!
• The activity sheet provides ‘talking points’ (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy) and activities to prompt students to reflect on BioAirNet’s work.
This resource was first published on Futurum Careers, a free online resource and magazine aimed at encouraging 14-19-year-olds worldwide to pursue careers in science, tech, engineering, maths, medicine (STEM) and social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy (SHAPE).
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