Health Risks from a Coal Plant
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Teen Maps Contaminants from a Coal Plant
Connections to Common Core State Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects: Production and Distribution of Writing: WHST.6-8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
Combustion of fossil fuels can create additional health problems beyond those associated with CO2 and climate change. When a fuel source does not combust completely, particles and other gas molecules are released into the air. These may settle to the ground or combine with other airborne molecules to form new compounds that can negatively affect human health. Examples of incomplete combustion products are elemental carbon (a particulate) and ozone (a component of smog).
In this video, meet a teen who studied and then distributed her research on an energy-producing coal plant in her community. Click on the left to watch the video.
What makes Marisol's approach to gathering information and disseminating her findings effective? What environmental health problem might be present in your students' community, giving them the opportunity to use technology to research and then disseminate their findings?
