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Some students aren’t just wearing masks to class; they’re experimenting on them.
Inspired by the daily use of masks during the pandemic, fifth-grade students at New Albany Intermediate School in Ohio set out to measure the effectiveness of different mask types and brands by their ability to prevent droplet transmission. Using black lights, food coloring, and a range of mask brands, students learned how aerosol particles travel, how masks work to mitigate transmission, and how different types of masks offer varying levels of protection, says teacher Pete Barnes.
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Barnes’s students aren’t the only ones using the pandemic as a teachable moment educators all around the country have been developing lesson plans to help students make sense of the unprecedented time in history and take appropriate precautions to protect themselves, even as students increasingly return to in-person schooling.
Vermont teachers bear responsibility to talk with students about the events at the Capitol April Barton, Burlington Free Press
UPDATE: The images from the first version of this story were changed as to not unintentionally associate specific teachers from former stories with the content of this one.
Vermont teachers are feeling the weight of responsibility to help students understand the context of the events at the U.S. Capitol this week and talk through what happened.
As rioters breeched security, stormed into the country s seat of government Wednesday, vandalized windows and offices and took actions that eventually led to the deaths of five people in an effort to upset the counting of the electoral college votes that would bring an end to the presidency of Donald Trump, civics teachers watched closely and began altering their lesson plans.