Personal Exposure Monitoring of the Air Pollutants Ozone and Black Carbon as a K-

描述(由申请人提供)：我们建议让K-12的学生扮演公民科学家的角色，使用先进的移动空气污染监测仪来测量他们个人对主要污染物黑碳和次要污染物臭氧的暴露，从而使空气污染变得个人化。通过他们的实验和特别设计的课程，学生将了解他们和其他人何时何地暴露在这些有害的空气污染物中，以及这种暴露如何影响他们的健康。臭氧和黑碳是对人类健康危害最大的两种空气污染物，已有研究表明，这两种污染物都会引发哮喘，并可能导致其他健康问题，包括心脏病甚至过早死亡。提高对空气质量影响健康的认识是至关重要的，没有什么比了解个人层面的暴露更有影响力了。通过我们的非营利性合作伙伴G03项目，将向大约50所学校出借2B Tech个人臭氧监测器(POM)和microAeth个人黑碳监测器(AethLabs)，这两种监测器都是口袋大小的准确监测器，每个监测器为期两周，允许进行最多1,000天的个人监听实验。这些仪器配备了GPS功能，因此学生可以跟踪他们的日常活动或计划的郊游，并上传他们的数据，在网上与其他学生和公民分享。此外，这些短途旅行将突出不同地区或社区的空气质量差异，提高对环境正义问题的认识。我们将开发特定的软件，用于在线分析和在谷歌地球和谷歌地图上显示。学生将能够通过已经建立的G03社交网络与世界各地约85所学校的学生比较和讨论数据。该项目包括有关臭氧、黑碳和其他空气污染物对科学和健康影响的完整课程和活动，使学生能够通过使用复杂的移动仪器进行动手实验来加深理解。在第一阶段项目接近尾声时，我们将评估其成功与否，包括遇到的后勤问题、设备和软件、数据量和质量、学习、经验，以及可以做些什么来改进G03项目，以便在第二阶段在500所学校实施。第二阶段商业化计划将展示如何通过已经建立的教育绿色筹款活动的自筹资金，以及通过额外的个人和企业捐款，将有个人监督的G03项目扩展到数千所学校。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to make air pollution personal by enabling K-12 students to act as citizen scientists using sophisticated, mobile air pollution monitors to measure their individual exposures to black carbon, a primary pollutant, and ozone, a secondary pollutant. Through their experiments and specially designed curricula, students will learn when and where they and others are exposed to these damaging air pollutants and how that exposure can affect their health. Ozone and black carbon are two of the most damaging air pollutants to human health, and it has been shown that both are asthma triggers and can lead to other health problems, including heart disease and even premature death. Heightened awareness of the way air quality impacts health is vital, and nothing is more impactful than understanding exposure at a personal level. Through our nonprofit partner the GO3 Project, ~50 schools will be loaned a 2B Tech Personal Ozone Monitor (POM) and microAeth personal black carbon monitor (AethLabs), both accurate, pocket-sized monitors, for a period of two weeks each, allowing up to ~1,000 day-long personal monitoring experiments. The instruments are equipped with GPS capabilities so students can track their daily activities or planned excursions and upload their data to share with other students and citizens online. Furthermore, these excursions will highlight air quality disparities in different regions or neighborhoods, raising awareness of environmental justice issues. We will develop specific software for online analysis and display on Google Earth and Google Maps. Students will be able to compare and discuss data with students at ~85 schools around the world via the already established GO3 Social Network. The project includes full curricula and activities on the science and health effects of ozone, black carbon and other air pollutants, allowing students to further their understanding in conjunction with hands-on experimentation with sophisticated, mobile instrumentation. Near the end of the Phase I project, we will assess its success in terms of logistical problems encountered, equipment and software, data quantity and quality, learning, experiences, and what can be done to improve the GO3 Project for implementation in 500 schools during Phase II. The Phase II commercialization plan will show how the GO3 Project with personal monitoring can be expanded to thousands of schools through self-funding in an already established educational Green Fundraiser and through additional personal and corporate donations.