Blog Question Prompts

  • What is the best thing about a clean air day?
  • What do you think about the Air Quality Flags?
  • What can we do to keep the air clean?
  • What is the worst thing about a bad “air day”?
  • What do you think about the air?
  • How do Air Quality Flags help you learn about the air?
  • What is your favorite thing about the Air Quality Flags?
  • If there is a forest fire, what will that do to the air? Why?
  • What have you learned so far about air quality in your classroom?
  • What kinds of activities do you do on a “Blue day”?
  • Pick a different city in British Columbia and find out what the air quality day is like there. What is it? Is it any different than your city’s air quality?
  • Scenario: What would you do on a “Brown day”?
  • What kind of “air day” is it? What activities will you do outside today?
  • Look online to see if there are any news stories about air pollution. What did you find?
  • What can you do to help get rid of air pollution?
  • If you met someone who didn’t know anything about air pollution, how would you help them learn?
  • Type “air quality Beijing” into your Google search. What is the air quality like there today? Is it different from your city in British Columbia?
  • How often do you talk about air quality in class? At home?
  • What do you think of the air flags at your school?
  • What should your classmates do on a “Brown day”?
  • What things make the air dirty with pollution?
  • What can we do to keep the air clean?
  • What is the best thing about a clean air day?
  • Scenario: You come to school one day. The air flag is red. What do you do?
  • Scenario: If there is a fire in your city, what do you think that will do to the air quality? Why?
  • Why should we have clean air when we exercise?
  • How does weather affect air quality?
  • Write about the last time the air was bad in your city. How did it make you feel?
  • Pick another city in British Columbia and find out what kind of air day it is there. Is it different than your city’s air quality?
  • Why would breathing polluted air be bad for you?
  • What activities could you and your family do to prevent air pollution?
  • How can you teach someone about air pollution?
  • What are two things you have learned from the Air Quality Flag Program?