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December 11, 2023

Empowering Future Environmental Stewards: The Kids Making Sense Pilot Program by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency

Empowering Future Environmental Stewards: The Kids Making Sense Pilot Program by the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency In a time marked by growing environmental concerns, it’s […]
June 12, 2023

Tips for protecting yourself from breathing in wildfire smoke

Tips for protecting yourself from breathing in wildfire smoke These tips are based on advice from the U.S. EPA’s Wildfire Smoke Factsheet and the California Air […]
May 23, 2023

Students Study Air Quality Near a Shipping Port and a Park

Students Study Air Quality Near a Shipping Port and a Park Kids Making Sense® aims to encourage students around the world to take an active part […]
March 26, 2023

Empowering Students in India to be Community Scientists

Empowering Students in India to be Community Scientists Kids Making Sense® aims to encourage students around the world to take an active part in measuring air […]
January 31, 2023

Creating Change: Students Showcase their Sensor Studies for Policy Maker

Creating Change: Students Showcase their Sensor Studies for Policy Makers In December 2022, the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) brought Kids Making Sense® to students in […]
November 18, 2020
Photo of two students in a classroom, showing their air qualtiy measurements on their phone

Mr. Naka’s Students Made a Surprising Discovery

March 12, 2014

Pilot Workshop – Brooklyn, NY

In our first workshop, funded by the Knight Foundation, students from UPROSE measured air quality in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.
April 22, 2014

Students Measure Air Quality in the Marina – San Francisco, CA

Students from the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology enjoyed learning about air quality and AirBeam sensors, and measuring air pollutants in and around San Francisco’s […]
August 8, 2014

EPA Taiwan Minister Wei Joins Students Measuring Air Quality – Los Angeles, CA

Students from the Asian Pacific Islander Obesity Prevention Alliance enthusiastically participated in our third workshop, held in the Monterey Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. EPA Taiwan […]
September 30, 2014

Kids Making Sense Goes Global – Taipei, Taiwan

In our first international Kids Making Sense workshop, students from Banqiao High School in New Taipei City, Taiwan, measured particles in their school’s neighborhood. The students […]
February 13, 2015

Prototype Science Program – Sacramento, CA

After participating in a day-long workshop, students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California, designed their own science lab activities using air quality sensors. They […]
April 22, 2015

Kids Making Sense® on Earth Day – Taichung, Taiwan

In our second visit to Taiwan, students from Stella Matutina Girls’ High School in Taichung measured particle pollution around their school and presented the results to […]
February 24, 2016

Empowering Students in SoCal

Two groups of enthusiastic southern California students received hands-on lessons on local air quality and low-cost air sensor technology as part of a successful pair of […]
July 12, 2016

Students Present Air Quality Findings to Policymakers – San Pedro, CA

Students in southern California engaged in hands-on lessons about air pollution, participated in experiments to measure air quality in their community, and presented their findings to […]
July 14, 2016

Kids Making Sense® in Thailand

In the program’s first trip to Thailand, Kids Making Sense® (KMS) workshops engaged over 60 students. The students learned about air quality and participated in hands-on […]