This is a partial list of collaborators and examples of the categories of involvement they have. I have names and contact information for the following but condensed in an attempt at brievity. Approximately 140 parents of students from Phoenix primary, junior high schools Creativity The Fresh Air project, to my knowledge, is a unique program. During a brainstorming session following our receiving feedback on the pre-proposal we arrived at the idea of problem based learning with air pollution as the problem. This idea is a winning one from the point of view of PC as they are able to reach out to their feeder schools, from the point of view of USI as they are able to support their mission to strengthen math, science and technology education in 85 inner-city schools, and also from the perspective of the community at large.
Air pollution is an urgent problem the community.
Focusing on this issue allowed us to find monetary support from sponsors in the community and from the EPA and to find willing community collaborators. This is the second Year for the Fresh Air Science Fair. We expanded the impact of the project by increasing the number of teacher in-services from 2 to 25 and by increasing the number of parent workshops from 2 to 20. We increased the number of classrooms working stuying air quality issues with hands on materials from approximatly 40 to 80.