Remember - we'd love to hear how you are using #SAMHE in your school!
Whether you've tried one activity or have become #IndoorAirQuality experts, send us your story so we can share it in the newsletter to inspire other schools!
Submit here: buff.ly/4059UTY
ALT Top of September newsletter with SAMHE logo and a photo of a tidy classroom with square desks surrounded by chairs, brightly coloured displays on the walls and hanging from the ceiling and windows visible in one wall.
This is Tomorrow’s Engineers Week #TEWeek24 and the theme 'Power up your passion' aims to help teenagers think about how they can align their interests and passions with a career.
Download #SAMHE's free booklet to help pupils explore #careers in #STEM👇
samhe.org.uk/resources/ADITL…
ALT Cover of the careers resource, with the SAMHE robot doing a headstand and the title 'A day in the life of the SAMHE Team - Careers resource'
Did your #SAMHE monitor get switched off over the October break?
or perhaps it's been off since the summer holidays?? 🫢
No problem, but please make sure it is switched on again now. That way it is sending data to help us understand and improve school #AirQuality - thanks!
🟢 2 WEEKS TO GO 🔵
#WorldVentil8Day working group Chair, Nathan Wood, explains how better ventilation in our daily lives could save the @NHS billions by treating the cause rather than the symptom.
Get involved on November 8: worldventil8day.com/#WV8D#EnablingAction
📢We're going to Parliament!
Funded by @EPSRC, SAMHE has been recognized as "a standout example of how UKRI-funded research connects discovery to prosperity for a better tomorrow."
@SarahWest_SEI and @HenryBurridge will showcase #SAMHE's impact at a UK Parliamentary reception.
Join us at this free webinar!
Sam Wood will present #SAMHE's findings on #ventilation in UK schools, and what factors affect it, and @SarahWest_SEI will join a panel of experts to discuss opportunities and challenges in enabling change.
#IndoorAirQuality#HealthyAir#AQ
🏜️Remember those really red sunsets last Autumn when Saharan dust was blown to the UK?
Try our Data Detectives activity 'Investigating a #ParticulateMatter Event' to explore whether it increased the levels of #PM2_5 in UK classrooms.
#PM#AirQuality#ClassroomAir#STEM
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ALT Pink and white front card for the activity 'Investigating a Particulate Matter Event' with the description 'This activity explores whether a Saharan desert dust event increased the levels of particulate matter in UK classrooms. You will use data analysis skills to identify average concentrations of particulate matter and compare these averages at different times.' The card is labelled as a 'Data Detectives' activity which takes c. 20 mins.
This activity gets pupils using data analysis skills to identify and compare average concentrations of #PM2_5 at different times.
Available to #SAMHE schools via the Web App
👉samhe.org.uk/app/activities/…
and to all in our free Teacher Resource Pack
👉samhe.org.uk/get-involved
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📢#SAMHE schools: please complete the Web App activities 'Describe your room' and 'Describe your building' this term.
This gives us important contextual data and is the most effective way you can help us understand #IndoorAirQuality in schools.
samhe.org.uk/app/activities
THANK YOU!
ALT Pink and white front card for 'Describe your room' activity with the description 'Use this Data Entry activity to describe the characteristics of the classroom where the SAMHE monitor is currently being kept. This activity will give important contextual data to help scientists analyse the data from your SAMHE monitor.' The card is labelled as a 'Data Entry' activity which takes c. 30 mins.
ALT Pink and white front card for 'Describe your building' activity with the description 'Use this Data Entry activity to describe the characteristics of your school building. This activity will give important contextual data to help scientists analyse the data from your SAMHE monitor.' The card is labelled as a 'Data Entry' activity which takes c. 20 mins.
Looking for resources to teach the scientific method?
In the activity 'Learn about #SAMHE methods', pupils hear @SarahWest_SEI describe two research papers on our methods and explain what academic papers are, what co-design involves and ethical considerations in research.
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ALT Front card for the SAMHE Web App activity with the title 'Learning about SAMHE methods', description as per the post and icons indicating that it is a quiz activity that takes 20 minutes and can be done by a pupil on their own.
Researchers need to engage with policymakers, local authorities and the communities affected by poor #AirQuality.
@SarahWest_SEI shares this insight from #CleanAir2024 which validates #SAMHE's #CitzenScience approach and strengthens our resolve to keep feeding back to schools.
🤔 How do we make the invisible visible?
How can research drive change as evidence of #AirPollution's health impacts grows?
@SarahWest_SEI highlights the need for collaboration, community involvement, tailored solutions, and education at the #UKCleanAirConference.
🎥 Watch:
🏫🪟🚸How can you successfully involve schools in #AirQuality work?
Check out this poster sharing key lessons from #SAMHE, which @SarahWest_SEI will present this week at #CleanAir2024.
It explains the challenges we encountered and the solutions that worked.⤵️
#CitzenScience
ALT SAMHE poster title "Engaging schools in air quality work: lessons for success"
ALT A purple, and lilac card with a graphic of the Welsh Flag with the words “KS3 Science skills”, the SAMHE logo and the text “Communicating Data. SAMHE provides opportunities to: identify interesting data patterns, ask research questions and develop a process to find a solution, and interpret, analyse, and effectively communicate data, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.”
#SAMHE supports #mathseducation at all levels, from number recognition and understanding values onwards. For #KS5, download #SAMHE data as a csv file to practice interrogating large datasets. You can customise the timeframe and compare between metrics.
ALT A purple, lilac and green card with the SAMHE logo and website URL (samhe.org.uk), graphics of the monitor and Web App and the text “ Applied Mathematics. Working with large datasets. Engage students by interrogating a dataset that is meaningful to them, because they generated and influenced it. With the SAMHE Web App, they can download data on their classroom air quality and upload it to excel or other data management software.”
ALT ALT: Image of the cover of the Teacher activity guide, which is part of the Teacher Resource Pack. The SAMHE robot stands against a sky blue background with the text "SAMHE. Schools Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education. Teacher activity guide."