EPA's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool

Provided by: EPA |Published on: April 19, 2021

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Synopsis

This is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that displays publicly available EPA data, combining environmental and demographic indicators.
Students can choose an address or place to investigate and then select from a variety of map types, places, reports, and tools to use.

Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Economics, Geography

Authors: EPA

Region: United States, New Jersey

Languages: English

Positives

This map provides students with a huge range of possible questions to investigate about locations in the United States.
Students may see trends between higher concentrations of pollutants and some health conditions.

Prerequisites

Use the plus and minus to zoom in and out in the bottom-right corner and toggle between map base layers in the bottom-left corner.
More detailed instructions for how to use the map can be found by clicking on "Help" and there is a glossary link and mobile-friendly site link as well.

Differentiation & Implementation

There is a lot of data here. Grouping students may be useful so they can make sense of the data together.
This resource could be useful in researching a variety of topics and questions in social studies, biology, health, and economics classes.
Other similar resources to consider include this TedEd video about urban trees, this StC lesson plan about pollution in Louisiana, and this Vox video about industrial water pollution.

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