Curriculum
A great way to raise awareness about the harms of exposure to diesel exhaust is discussing it in class. Teach your students about why diesel exhaust is harmful to their health, and steps they can take to protect their health.
Air Quality and School Bus Idling Curriculum (pdf, 460k) - The Sierra Club North Star Student Group's curriculum designed for 3rd - 8th graders on air quality and school bus idling. This file is an overview of the curriculum. We've also provided more detailed information for projects and activities that you can find below:
Yale-idling(MS Word, 104k) - Yale
University's findings on particulate matter (soot) exposure. Graph
of exposure from moving bus and idling bus, and students
exposure in different situations. Excerpt from full report
http://www.ehhi.org/pubs/Issue Overview-School bus diesel (pdf, 151k) - Details on the issue and the student presentation
3 Bus Diesel Games (pdf, 86k) - From Head's Up, 7-up to Mafia to Ships Across the Sea, we've got versions of these popular games you can play while educating students on the issue of diesel emissions from school buses.
Role Playing (pdf, 83k) - Practice real life scenarios to encourage bus drivers to turn off their engine, and get principals to sign on as Cleaner Bus Schools.
Bus-Healthy
Facts (pdf, 97k) - Information and sample "Healthy" concepts for
designing "No Idling" and informational posters on reducing exposure
to school bus diesel emissions.Clean Buses (pdf, 233k) - Information and sample "Clean" concepts for designing "No Idling and informational posters on reducing exposure to school bus diesel emissions.
Particulate Matter Information, Activities and Data Pepper/Milk Experiment: Texas Office of Air Quality.
Contact Cesia Kearns, Clean Air Organizer, via or phone: 612-659-9124, to request more information, or learn about other ways your school can protect the health of your students from school bus diesel exhaust.