Informational Links on Health Effects and Educational Information for Air Quality

• Smoke from Agricultural and Forest Fires:  Information from the U.S. EPA on the health impacts of smoke.
  
  
• Wildfire Smoke: This link will take you to expanded information.
  
  
• Wildfire and Smoke and Air Pollution Effects from the of Summer 2001

EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION FOR CHILDREN / STUDENTS AND TEACHERS / PARENTS

GRADES K TO HIGH SCHOOL

• Smog City The Spare The Air Program and interactive air pollution simulator shows how choices, environmental factors and land use contribute to air pollution.
  
  
• Environmental Kids Club and Student Center: (Grades K to High School) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s site for students and teachers to learn more about air and water pollution.
  
  
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) AQI Kids (Grades K/1 and ages 7 - 10 years);What is the AQI, the Air Quality Index? It tells you the quality of the air you breathe. What color is your air today? Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple or Maroon? For ages kindergarten to 10 years.
  
  
• The Know Zone The California Air Resources Board’s site for kids, students and teachers to learn more about California’s air quality, with easy-to-read information about a county or the entire State of California.
  
  
• Planet Polluto Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District has created an interactive game for children in grades 4-8 to save the Pollutonians from the ravages of air pollution. Copies may be downloaded.
  
  
• Energy Kid's Page Energy facts, fun and games, energy history, and curriculum activities from the Energy Information Administration.
  
  
• NASA Science: NASA leads the nation on a great journey of discovery, seeking new knowledge and understanding of our planet Earth, our Sun and solar system, and the universe out to its farthest reaches and back to its earliest moments of existence.
  
  
• SunWise School Program (U.S. EPA): The SunWise Program is an environmental and health education program that aims to teach children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun.

TEACHERS / PARENTS 

• The Know Zone The California Air Resources Board’s site for kids, students and teachers to learn more about California’s air quality, with easy-to-read information about a county or the entire State of California.
  
  
• Energy Kid's Page Energy facts, fun and games, energy history, and curriculum activities from the Energy Information Administration.
  
  
• NASA Science: NASA leads the nation on a great journey of discovery, seeking new knowledge and understanding of our planet Earth, our Sun and solar system, and the universe out to its farthest reaches and back to its earliest moments of existence.
  
  
• SunWise School Program (U.S. EPA): The SunWise Program is an environmental and health education program that aims to teach children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun.

 If you have questions, contact the Air Pollution Control District by email, or by phone at 530-745-2330.