Love My Air Wisconsin

Love My Air Wisconsin (LMA WI) is a free K-12 school-based program that provides air quality data, education and action items. These tools help communities protect their health and respond to poor air quality.

Join us to help promote clean air, strong lungs and healthy kids.

Basics of Air Quality

Watch this 3-minute video to help you and your students start learning about air quality.

Love My Air Wisconsin Dashboard

Find air quality near you on our dashboard.

Love My Air Wisconsin Kiosk

Use our our interactive kiosk to learn how air quality affects your health.

Love My Air Wisconsin Resources

Explore our resource library and customize materials for your needs. Use the button below to request support!

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Air Quality Lessons & Activities

Data Observation Logs
Track air quality data at your school. Each data sheet offers a different focus. Students look for patterns to make connections between air quality, environment and health impacts.

Kiosk Worksheet (English | Spanish)
Guide students as they explore the Love My Air Wisconsin kiosk.

Lesson and Activities Bundle
Teach students how air quality affects health. Lessons include simple activities and class discussions. Pick and choose from the lessons to make them fit your needs!

Intro to Air Quality Index Student Worksheet
Help students learn about the air quality index. They can use their completed worksheet to check the air quality each day and share what they learn with their family.

Family & Community Outreach

Air Quality Newsletter (English | Spanish)
Plug this article into your school’s newsletter to share information about air quality. It explains how to check the air quality and actions to take.

Social Posts (Coming soon)
Use these posts to show off your air quality efforts. Share air quality facts, teach families to check air quality daily and stay healthy. Tag @chawisconsin!

Literacy Connections

Air Quality and Health Publications
Air Quality Index – A Guide to Air Quality and Your Health
Need more informative texts? These Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) resources share information about air quality and health.

Why is Coco Orange? (English | Spanish)
Read this short story, created by EPA, to teach what air quality colors mean and how air quality can affect people with asthma. It uses pictures and simple words to explain the Air Quality Index.

Why is Coco Red? (English | Spanish)
Read this short story, created by EPA, that teaches kids about wildfire smoke and unhealthy air. It uses pictures and simple words to explain how smoke can affect health and how to stay safe.

Story Walk – Why is Coco Orange?
Use the Request Materials & Contact Us button – resources may vary by location.
Borrow the Why is Coco Orange? Story Walk. As people explore the area, they read the story. Each sign has a question to help them think about what they read!

No Idle Campaign

Environmental Protection Agency No Idle Campaign
This campaign teaches people to turn off their engines when parked. Less idling helps keep the air cleaner and healthier for everyone.

Borrow Personal Air Sensors (AirBeam)
Use the Request Materials & Contact Us button – resources may vary by location.
Collect and explore air quality data before and after your no idle campaign.

Metal No Idle Sign
Use the Request Materials & Contact Us button – resources may vary by location.
Install ‘No Idle’ signs around your school. They remind drivers to turn off their engines.

Policy Templates for Your School & District

Air Quality Templates
Use these templates to help create air quality plans. They give simple steps to protect student health.

Bus Contracts (Coming soon)
Use these ideas to add clean air rules to bus contracts. They support safer air around buses and students.

Scent-free Policy Templates
Use the templates to help create scent-free rules. They protect students and staff with asthma or allergies.

Student Health & Asthma

Asthma Safe Homes Program
Share this flyer with families. This program helps families make homes safer for people with asthma. It shares tips and provides money to reduce triggers and improve air indoors.

EMPOWER – Asthma Education Program
Play these seven short videos, created by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), to teach students about asthma. It helps them build skills to stay healthy, active and at school.

First Aid for Asthma Poster (English |Spanish)
Print and display this asthma poster using steps and pictures to show what to do if someone is having an asthma attack.

Iggy and the Inhalers – Asthma Education Program
Printable comic pages and short videos help teach kids about asthma and ways to manage their health.

Walkthrough Programs – Wisconsin Asthma Coalition
Help increase school attendance for students and staff with asthma. Explore tools that help identify asthma triggers and create asthma-friendly environments. Solutions are low or no cost.

Wisconsin Asthma Coalition
View tools and resources for families, health care providers and educators. The wide range of materials helps foster partnerships to improve asthma management, enhance quality of life, and address asthma needs.

Tools to Check Air Quality

Borrow Personal Air Sensors – AirBeam
Use the Request Materials & Contact Us button – resources may vary by location.

AirBeam User Guide (English | Spanish)
Borrow an air sensor and explore air quality as you walk. This guide shows how to set up and use an AirBeam sensor, view results in real-time and explore sessions on the AirCasting Map.

How to use the PurpleAir Sensor Map
Explore air quality data from around the world on the PurpleAir map.

Love My Air Sensor Dashboard: Teaching Sheet
Understand real-time air quality data from local sensors on the Love My Air dashboard.

Exploring Nitrogen Dioxide Data with TEMPO
Use the TEMPO Lite map and TEMPO educational resources to explore nitrogen dioxide (NO2) data across the United States from NASA satellites.

Whole School Engagement

Activity Guide: Grades K-5 (English | Spanish)
Print and display this activity guide that uses Playworks games. It includes fun games to help kids stay active and protect their health.

Activity Guide: Grades 6-12 (English | Spanish)
Print and display this activity guide around your school. For each air quality color, it shows ways to stay active and protect health.

Air Quality Morning Announcements
Share daily air quality updates with your school during morning announcements. Each day, explain what the air quality color means and what actions students and staff should take.

Air Quality Alerts Email Template (Coming soon)
Use this template to send air quality updates to your staff. It explains the air quality and what actions to take.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Flag Program
Fly colored flags outside your school to show daily air quality. This program helps students and families know how safe the air is outside.

PM_2.5Infographic Poster (English | Spanish)
Print and display this poster that explains what PM2.5 is in simple words and visuals. It shows where PM2.5 comes from, how it can affect health and ways to protect health.

Printable Bookmark (English | Spanish)
Print and handout this bookmark. It shows students how to check the air quality. It explains what each color means and what actions to take.

Follow Air Pup @chawisconsin

Love My Air Wisconsin in Action

Contact Our Staff

Sarah Kroening, MSpEd
Program Manager
Environmental Health
(414) 266-9730
skroening@childrenswi.org

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Love My Air Wisconsin is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency through EPA-OAR-OAQPS-22-01: Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities.