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The CLEAR in Schools STEM Program (Kids Making Sense) focuses on participatory air quality monitoring research projects. Students take part in air quality monitoring and measure air quality using low-cost monitoring devices that accurately measure particulate matter pollution in real time. The program includes 10 one hour lessons in an air quality curriculum.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: The program consists of 10 one hour lessons, flexible to the teacher’s timeframe, and these lessons typically occur once or twice a week.
Since the program’s inception in 2015, hundreds of middle and high school students from across Southern California have completed the coursework in air quality monitoring, and their schools are equipped with training and materials to continue offering the program. The program curriculum is suitable for middle and high school students and meets a number of Common Core standards. A classroom kit with handheld air quality monitors is provided, which teachers keep for continued use in their classroom. As part of the Kids Making Sense program, teachers are trained to educate students about air quality issues. Program goals include educating youth about air quality issues, inspiring students’ interest in science, increasing awareness of air quality impacts on health among parents, converting awareness into action, parents taking actions to reduce exposure to bad air, and inspiring and training the next generation of air quality advocates. The organization’s mission is to protect public health, improve air quality, and prevent climate change. The program has partnered with Sonoma Tech to bring participatory air quality monitoring research projects to California students and to empower them with knowledge they can take back home. Studies cited by the program state that kids are especially at risk from poor air quality, leading to a lifetime of unhealthy lungs.
Last updated June 11, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: The program consists of 10 one hour lessons, flexible to the teacher’s timeframe, and these lessons typically occur once or twice a week.
Since the program’s inception in 2015, hundreds of middle and high school students from across Southern California have completed the coursework in air quality monitoring, and their schools are equipped with training and materials to continue offering the program. The program curriculum is suitable for middle and high school students and meets a number of Common Core standards. A classroom kit with handheld air quality monitors is provided, which teachers keep for continued use in their classroom. As part of the Kids Making Sense program, teachers are trained to educate students about air quality issues. Program goals include educating youth about air quality issues, inspiring students’ interest in science, increasing awareness of air quality impacts on health among parents, converting awareness into action, parents taking actions to reduce exposure to bad air, and inspiring and training the next generation of air quality advocates. The organization’s mission is to protect public health, improve air quality, and prevent climate change. The program has partnered with Sonoma Tech to bring participatory air quality monitoring research projects to California students and to empower them with knowledge they can take back home. Studies cited by the program state that kids are especially at risk from poor air quality, leading to a lifetime of unhealthy lungs.
Last updated June 11, 2026.
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