TASK (Think Air School Kit)
An interactive STEM experience
Created by teachers for teachers, TASK is the UK’s first air quality activity kit designed just for kids.
Easy to use and simple to teach, TASK brings classrooms to life after months of virtual learning – building transferrable skills while focusing on a topic that directly impacts the next generation.
Covering all key areas of the new national curriculum, TASK’s hands-on STEM experiences help raise awareness of air pollution in a way that’s easy to understand, measure, and report.
Designed to fit seamlessly with your existing teaching plans, TASK is aimed at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
An Environmental Science Lab in a box, TASK lets pupils code simple software to collect and analyse the air quality of your school environment.
TASK’s experiments encourage curiosity and problem-solving – with activities covering everything from the effects of spraying aerosols to ventilation in the classroom.
Access to the UK’s largest air quality monitoring network also lets pupils compare results with other schools and report back to our scientists at Think Air HQ.
Why schools need to Think Air
Child and teacher wellness is a key area of focus for schools across the UK.
Chronic exposure to high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) indoors can have a wide range of health effects. It can also contribute to behavioural changes, physical and mental performance, and reduced school attendance.
Children brought to school by car or bus are exposed to higher levels of air pollution than those who walk, and children with asthma are particularly vulnerable.
Monitoring – and improving – air quality helps schools to minimise both children and teachers’ exposure to harmful air pollutants.
And getting pupils involved is even better.
The Think Air Difference
Think Air brings you real-time data that will transform your school environments both indoors and out.
Simple, smart, and valuable, Think Air’s cutting-edge air quality sensors and software measure and monitor indoor and outdoor air quality to give you – and your pupils – an overview of the air around you.
Data is collected by the Think Air cloud-based database and presented to you in easy-to-understand dashboard that can help you shape changes that can minimise air pollution in and around your school.
You can access it anywhere, from any device, and download reports and charts in simple PDF and Excel formats.
The entire platform works across all devices and platforms, including Windows, IOS, and Android.
Indoor networks can also be linked to outdoor monitors to give you an even more comprehensive view of your community’s local air quality.
TASK at Number 10 Downing Street.
In May 2021, Prime Minister Boris Johnson invited Think Air to Number 10 Downing Street to showcase the TASK (Think Air School Kit) as part of the official launch of the #togetherforourplanet campaign. An SME Climate Hub initiative, the campaign encourages SMEs to commit to zero carbon by a target date, something both Think Air and parent company, Vindico, have signed up to.
The Prime Minister built the kit with the message on the display reporting that "PM is Good" – a happy accident for sure! You can watch the PM play with TASK here.
TASK - and how it fits with today's pupils and learning techniques - was shared with the Secretary of State for Business, Kwasi Kwarteng, and the UK’s Net Zero Business Champion, Andrew Griffith. Both wanted to take it away from event to continue playing!
TASK's ability to immediately capture the imagination, while being familiar enough to avoid being intimidating is a wonderful combination for learning new skills.
At Think Air we believe it's our job as adults (and parents) to make sure the future generations are as aware and capable as possible to face the challenges of today as well as tomorrow.
We, and the Prime Minister alike, believe that there are gaps in essential STEM learning, and a lack of equality of opportunity at Primary School level. Products like TASK can play a key part in the delivery of this crucial understanding and preparation.
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