What is an Environmental Health Fact File?
The Environmental Health Fact Files: LEAD and ASTHMA are a series of exciting new curricular materials designed to integrate environmental health across the middle school curriculum. Each EH FACT FILE focuses on an environmental health topic (lead and asthma) of importance to middle school students and their teachers.

Who can use the Fact Files?
Each EH Fact File provides subject area specific lesson plans to teachers of social studies, science, language arts, math, and health and fitness. At least two lessons are provided for each subject. Resource materials are also included to help school librarians who are facilitating student research projects. The EH Fact Files are also valuable resources for school nurses, out of school programs, and parents.

How do I teach a Fact File?
In order to provide students with a foundation of knowledge about the topic, every EH Fact File includes a Student Introduction: Environmental Health section that introduces the basics of environmental health and shows how the specific topic relates to the field. This handout should be given to students before they embark on any of the subject specific lesson plans. A PowerPoint presentation is also available for introducing key environmental health concepts to your students.

The lesson plans included in the EH Fact Fiies are designed to be stand alone units - the only assumption is that the students will have been introduced to the information contained in the Student Introduction section. This allows teaching teams to mix and match lessons and present them in any order that is convenient to their particular situation and constraints.

The Lessons at a Glance document provides an overview of the lesson plans included in each EH Fact File. It also provides information on suggested grade levels, curriculum connections, and alignment with Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs).

The EH Fact Files were created for use by teachers participating in the Integrated Environmental Health Middle School Project (IEHMSP), which is funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

If you have a PDF document that is password protected, please email Jon Sharpe at jsharpe@u.washington.edu to obtain the password.

PDF: EH Fact File:ASTHMA

PDF: EH Fact File: LEAD