Your Classroom Nancy Sedlacek Jay Young Marilyn Hair Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health University of Washington October 19 2015 Presentation Overview Artifact Exercise ID: 916911
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Environmental Health Lessons for Your Classroom
Nancy Sedlacek
Jay Young
Marilyn Hair
Center for
Ecogenetics
and Environmental Health
University of Washington
October 19, 2015
Slide2Presentation Overview:
Artifact Exercise
The Center for
Ecogenetics
and Environmental Health
What Is Environmental Health?
History of ATHENA
Venn Diagram and One Example of Its Use
Classroom Lessons from ATHENA (and Web Site)
Environmental Health in FACSE
Resources
Contacts
Slide3Artifact Exercise
Directions:
In your group of two to four participants, look over your “artifact” thoroughly and record as many questions about it as possible in three minutes. Be ready to quickly share two of these questions with the whole group.
Slide4The Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health
Founded in 1995 and located at the University of Washington, the CEEH strives to understand and communicate how genetic factors influence human susceptibility to environmental health risks.
Researchers affiliated with the Center focus on the biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying human variability in response to environmental exposures.
The Center fosters collaborations between a large network of investigators working in toxicology, molecular biology, genetics, and environmental epidemiology.
It i
ncludes a well established
Community Outreach and Ethics Core (COEC)
that has been serving K-12 educators, community groups, and the general public for over seventeen years.
The CEEH is supported by the
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences
.
Slide5Environmental health is the study of how the environment affects human health.
It differs from the study of how humans affect the environment, because it focuses on people’s health. An environmental scientist might study how water pollution is hurting fish. An environmental health scientist would study what happens to the health of people when they catch and eat those fish.
What is Environmental Health?
Slide6History of ATHENA
Begun in the 2010-11 school year.
Participating teachers attend workshops to gain the necessary knowledge and skills for helping their students better understand the health risks posed by environmental hazards, including those found in the workplace.
We also gave teachers the skills and resources to empower students to make individual and collective behavior changes to protect themselves and their communities from environmental hazards.
By the start of the 2014-15 school year the Academy had worked with three distinct cohorts of educators on environmental health science.
Slide7Venn Diagram and One Example of Its UseBy Bellevue Health Teachers
Slide8Classroom Lessons from ATHENA (and Web Site)
Electronic Cigarettes &
Vaping
Genetic Testing & Ethics: Your Money Your Life
Genetically Modified Organisms: GMO Salmon
Introduction to Health: Family Tree
Sugars & Artificial Sweeteners
Sunscreen & UV Radiation
What Is Environmental Health PowerPoint
http://deohs.washington.edu/ceeh/educator-resources
Slide9Environmental Health in FACSE
Why Focus on Environmental Health in FACSE?
It is relevant to students’ lives right now and will continue to be relevant throughout their lives
It is in the news and students need to know how to evaluate what they read and hear
Emerging careers are in this field of study
It brings science to almost every field in FACSE
Slide10Environmental Health In Child Development:Sample topics might include:
Safety of reclaimed water use on playground lawns
Hazard mapping at home and at a daycare
Dose and susceptibility as related to toxicology and children
Exposure to toxics such as tobacco smoke, lead, phthalates,
bisphenol
A, pollution, pesticides, mold…
Slide11Environmental Health in Foods & Nutrition:Some examples include:
Food Safety & Food Borne Illnesses
Food Deserts
Water, How Much Do You Know (Remind students that much of what they eat includes water!)
Genetically Modified Foods, Organics
Eating Locally (Carbon Footprint), Sustainability
Cancer & Food (both as cause & prevention)
Gardening & Cooking/Preserving Fresh from Gardens
Ethnic Diets & Results of Changes
Slide12Environmental Health in Interior Design:Examples in this area might include:
Off-gassing from carpets, textiles & building materials
Paints – toxicity, lead, alternatives
“Green” buildings
Radon
Hazard mapping in buildings
Design for handicapped/safety of elderly & children
Molds in buildings
Toxic cleaners & safe, effective alternatives
Indoor air quality
Slide13Environmental Health in Textiles & ApparelIssues abound in this area, too, including:
Worker health/safety in textile factories
Nano particles & other additives in clothing
Textile production methods – natural v. chemical
Toxicity in dyes & fabric treatments
Formaldehyde in fabric
“Green” textiles
Safety & health effects of high heels
Clothing as sun block
Toxic T-shirt Unit…
Slide14Questions?
Slide15Resources
http://deohs.washington.edu/ceeh
/
Center for
Ecogenetics
and Environmental
Health (includes ATHENA)
http://
deohs.washington.edu/ceeh/educator-resources
Specific page for teacher resources at the Center’s site
http://
whs.wsd.wednet.edu/Faculty/Young/YNHC/teacherresourcepage.htm
Youth Network for Healthy Communities (YNHC) resource page with Environmental Health topic ideas and research project guidelines
Slide16Contacts
Nancy Sedlacek:
nesedlacek@yahoo.com
Jay Young:
Marilyn Hair:
marhair@uw.edu