Air Pollution and Human Health- Real World Simulation

Introduction

Start by explaining to the students that they will be participating in a real world simulation activity. Emphasize that this activity helps them understand air pollution and why it can affect people differently. Briefly introduce the concepts of environmental health and justice in simple terms suitable for their age group. Use examples they can relate to, like why clean air to breathe is vital, the condition that their country is and mention other countries with huge problems like India -and how Western consumerism and drive for cheap prices contribute sot that.

Objectives

• For the students to understand how air pollution can harm the human health
• Discuss how different groups are affected unequally due to location, income, race etc. and work on thinking about solutions

Learning outcomes

By the end of this learning scenario, students will be able to:

• Identify what causes air pollution and what are the related health
  issues.
• Understand why wind affects a lot more that they thought
• How human actions are related to pollution and what they can do