Project Description
Grade range: 6 to 9
Time considerations: 5 to 8 hours of in-class time over 5 lessons across 2 weeks
Materials provided: Digital/printable resources
Materials needed: Living Space Technology Kit (loan available upon request; see Resources below) or a commercial handheld air quality monitor, built-in comfort monitor (e.g., schools in Quebec) or a thermometer, hygrometer and carbon dioxide sensor.
Computers/tablets with internet access
- Learn about data and how it can make an impact in the classroom and on the broader community.
- Discover the impact of indoor and outdoor conditions on health, including its impact on climate change.
- Investigate classroom conditions and compare them to other environments, including the International Space Station (ISS).
- Leverage environmental science to create a data-driven plan of action.
- Reflect on the long-term sustainability and feasibility of their plans.
What will students experience?
- Learn about data and how it can make an impact in the classroom and on the broader community.
- Discover the impact of indoor and outdoor conditions on health, including its impact on climate change.
- Investigate classroom conditions and compare them to other environments, including the International Space Station (ISS).
- Leverage environmental science to create a data-driven plan of action.
- Reflect on the long-term sustainability and feasibility of their plans.
- Curriculum-aligned climate science, earth and space environments unit for educators across the country.
- Free to participate.
- Five ready-made lessons take approximately six hours of in-class time.
Why Participate?
- Curriculum-aligned climate science, earth and space environments unit for educators across the country.
- Free to participate.
- Five ready-made lessons take approximately six hours of in-class time.
- Explore the role of heat, water and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments, including their role in climate change by researching, collecting data, and analyzing results.
- Be able to design, test, and communicate a solution that improves one aspect of the classroom environment.
Learning Goals
- Explore the role of heat, water and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments, including their role in climate change by researching, collecting data, and analyzing results.
- Be able to design, test, and communicate a solution that improves one aspect of the classroom environment.
Let's Talk Science is pleased to be able to offer a limited number of Technology Kits that are free to borrow for qualifying educators. The Living Space Technology Kit will enhance your students' overall experience with this data-driven project.
Technology Kits contain two (2) micro:bits, one (1) COZIR sensor board, and other accessories you will need.
Visit our lending library page for more information and to request your kit here: Living Space Lending Library - Let's Talk Science
Resources
Let's Talk Science is pleased to be able to offer a limited number of Technology Kits that are free to borrow for qualifying educators. The Living Space Technology Kit will enhance your students' overall experience with this data-driven project.
Technology Kits contain two (2) micro:bits, one (1) COZIR sensor board, and other accessories you will need.
Visit our lending library page for more information and to request your kit here: Living Space Lending Library - Let's Talk Science
- Learn about data and how it can make an impact in the classroom and on the broader community.
- Discover the impact of indoor and outdoor conditions on health, including its impact on climate change.
- Investigate classroom conditions and compare them to other environments, including the International Space Station (ISS).
- Leverage environmental science to create a data-driven plan of action.
- Reflect on the long-term sustainability and feasibility of their plans.
What will students experience?
- Learn about data and how it can make an impact in the classroom and on the broader community.
- Discover the impact of indoor and outdoor conditions on health, including its impact on climate change.
- Investigate classroom conditions and compare them to other environments, including the International Space Station (ISS).
- Leverage environmental science to create a data-driven plan of action.
- Reflect on the long-term sustainability and feasibility of their plans.
- Curriculum-aligned climate science, earth and space environments unit for educators across the country.
- Free to participate.
- Five ready-made lessons take approximately six hours of in-class time.
Why Participate?
- Curriculum-aligned climate science, earth and space environments unit for educators across the country.
- Free to participate.
- Five ready-made lessons take approximately six hours of in-class time.
- Explore the role of heat, water and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments, including their role in climate change by researching, collecting data, and analyzing results.
- Be able to design, test, and communicate a solution that improves one aspect of the classroom environment.
Learning Goals
- Explore the role of heat, water and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments, including their role in climate change by researching, collecting data, and analyzing results.
- Be able to design, test, and communicate a solution that improves one aspect of the classroom environment.
Let's Talk Science is pleased to be able to offer a limited number of Technology Kits that are free to borrow for qualifying educators. The Living Space Technology Kit will enhance your students' overall experience with this data-driven project.
Technology Kits contain two (2) micro:bits, one (1) COZIR sensor board, and other accessories you will need.
Visit our lending library page for more information and to request your kit here: Living Space Lending Library - Let's Talk Science
Resources
Let's Talk Science is pleased to be able to offer a limited number of Technology Kits that are free to borrow for qualifying educators. The Living Space Technology Kit will enhance your students' overall experience with this data-driven project.
Technology Kits contain two (2) micro:bits, one (1) COZIR sensor board, and other accessories you will need.
Visit our lending library page for more information and to request your kit here: Living Space Lending Library - Let's Talk Science
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson Outlines
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson Outlines
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 1 – Introduction to the project
- Students will reflect on the physical conditions in their classroom, summarize how heat, humidity and carbon dioxide impact physical and mental health in indoor environments and communicate information using a graphic organizer.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
Lesson 2 – Learning about Living Spaces
- Students will describe the role of heat, humidity, and carbon dioxide in indoor and outdoor environments and communicate results of research.
Timing: 1 hour
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 3 – Investigating Classroom Conditions
- Students will collect, analyze, and summarize data from an investigation and conduct an investigation using a scientific experimentation process and associated skills.
- If coding the COZIR sensor array, students will implement coding strategies and language in an investigation and execute code in an investigation.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 4 – Achieving Optimal Classroom Conditions
- Students will ideate and generate potential solutions for improving one classroom condition, design a plan to implement a potential solution that includes consideration of materials, costs and permissions, carry out the action plan and collect, analyze and summarize data.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours
Lesson 5 – Reflecting & Making Connections
- Students will use critical thinking to analyze and reflect on the implications of their improvement and communicate their solution to others.
Timing: 1 to 2 hours