Air Toxics Under The Big Sky – A High School Science Teaching Tool

A project has been developed between Big Sky High School and The University of Montana (UM) which has brought together high school students and teachers, university scientists, and county environmental health officials in a multilayered research experience focusing on the collection and analysis of specific air toxics, and investigating their relationship to respiratory diseases. The Air Toxics Under the Big Sky project allows students to benefit from an independent experience linking science, research, and local environmental issues. We see this as a long term project which will be built upon and expanded by future students during each new school year and as new schools are added. This project will foster a long-term scientific collaboration between UM and Montana high schools, and establishes high school students as valuable contributors to the scientific community while educating them about environmental issues.

大天空高中和蒙大拿大学（UM）之间已经开发了一个项目，该大学将高中生和老师，大学科学家和县环境卫生官员汇集了多层研究经验，重点介绍了特定空气的收集和分析有毒物质，并调查其与呼吸道疾病的关系。大天空项目下的空气有毒物质使学生可以从联系科学，研究和当地环境问题的独立经验中受益。我们认为这是一个长期项目，在每个新学年都将由未来的学生建立和扩展，并且随着新学校的添加。该项目将促进UM和蒙大拿州高中之间的长期科学合作，并在高中生中为科学界建立了宝贵的贡献者，同时对他们进行了有关环境问题的教育。