NGSS & Common Core Aligned

Teaching the Science of Clean Air

A comprehensive K-12 curriculum empowering students to understand, measure, and improve indoor air quality through hands-on STEM learning.

What Students Will Learn

Interdisciplinary exploration of air quality science, from chemistry to public health

Air Chemistry

Composition of air, gases, pollutants, and chemical reactions affecting air quality.

Aerosol Physics

Particle sizes, behavior, settling rates, and how particles move through air.

Health Impacts

How air quality affects respiratory health, asthma, allergies, and disease transmission.

Data Analysis

Collecting, graphing, and interpreting real air quality sensor data.

Engineering

Design and build real air purifiers using the engineering design process.

Epidemiology

Airborne disease transmission, outbreak modeling, and pandemic preparedness.

Mathematical Modeling

Exponential decay, CADR calculations, and quantitative analysis.

History & Policy

Lessons from historical pandemics and the science behind public health policy.

Curriculum by Grade Band

Age-appropriate materials aligned to developmental stages and standards

Featured Unit

Build a Real Air Purifier

Students design, build, and test Corsi-Rosenthal box air purifiers—the same DIY technology used worldwide to improve indoor air quality.

  • Apply engineering design process
  • Calculate CADR and air changes per hour
  • Test with real PM2.5 sensors
  • Optimize designs for specific scenarios
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CR Box Air Purifier
$60-100 vs. $300+ commercial

Standards Aligned

Comprehensive alignment to national curriculum standards

Next Generation Science Standards

Full alignment to NGSS including Performance Expectations, Disciplinary Core Ideas, Science & Engineering Practices, and Crosscutting Concepts across Physical Science, Life Science, Earth Science, and Engineering.

MS-ETS1 MS-PS1 MS-LS1 MS-LS2 MS-ESS3

Common Core Math

Authentic math applications including ratios and proportions, statistics and probability, functions, geometry, and mathematical modeling—all in real-world air quality contexts.

6.SP 7.RP 8.F HSF-LE HSS-ID

Ready to Get Started?

Begin with our flagship Grade 6-8 Engineering unit and empower your students to build real solutions.

Browse Grade 6-8 Units