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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Learn About Chemicals Around Your House

http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/

Provider: Envirnmental Protection Agency


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Household products contain chemical ingredients, some of which are safe and some that are dangerous. This health and safety website helps students to learn more about chemicals in the home and even to deal with accidents involving household products.

Using a graphic cut-away home to explore, this Environmental Protection Agency web activity for kids site allows students to select rooms and then learn more about the chemicals that might be found there. Some general resources are linked throughout like About Labelswhich encourages reading labels first, and What is Exposure? which explains the how strong, how long, how much and other variables that may be important if you have a reaction to a chemical.