Meeting with a medical expert

Students will meet an expert to learn about the effects of pollution on our body systems and organs. They will find out how our bodies cope with pollution and what we can do to help our bodies in an environment with heavy traffic. Students will have the opportunity to talk to the expert and ask questions.

Format

Discussion
Lecture

Age

What

The possible connections with your curriculum

Biology

Who

The people who take up the teacher role

Expert
Teacher

Where

The locations where learning takes place

Classroom

With

The community stakeholders to collaborate with

Community services

Ready for action?

Resources

Tangible Resources

computer/screen for video call, paper and pen for note-taking

Human Resources

doctor or medical student

Preparation

Set up an appointment with a doctor or medical student who can talk to the students about how air pollution affects health.

Goals, messages & concepts

Specific goals

To learn about the effects of air pollution on health.
To increase students’ awareness of their responsibility for their own and other people's health.
To recognise the role of cycling in improving health.

Specific messages

There are short term and long term consequences of being in a high-dust environment.
Our lungs help to filter out dust in the air that we breathe.
Cycling instead of using a car reduces air pollution, as well as giving us exercise which benefits our physical and mental health.

Main terms

Practices & skills

STEM practices

Asking questions and defining problems

Soft skills

Management skills

Course of activity

step 1

Introduce the expert who will give a prepared presentation.

step 2

Students will make notes on topics of interest to them.

step 3

Students will then have the opportunity to ask questions.