

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Air Matters: Connecting Community, Classrooms, & Clean Air
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am – Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Led by Chris Iceman, Ph.D., Valparaiso University 

In this hands-on session, educators will dive into the world of PurpleAir sensors: affordable, real-time air quality monitors that are putting citizen science in the hands of everyday people (and soon, your students). We'll explore how these sensors actually work, map out the growing network of monitors right here in our region, and uncover how to use all that publicly available data in ways that actually fit your classroom.

By the time we're done, you'll walk away ready to turn your students into real environmental scientists that don't just learn about the air, they investigate it, question it, and understand what it means for their lives every single day.

Dunes Learning Center has generous support from the National Park Foundation to pay for a substitute teacher for your classroom.  Click here for the information to prepare an invoice for Dunes Learning Center.  We thank you for investing in continuing education and place based information to take back to your classroom.

Cost: $35          For 6-12th grade educators
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/valparaiso/air-matters-connecting-community-classrooms-and-clean-air/200029747962137
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 11

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.simpletix.com/e/air-matters-connecting-community-classroom-tickets-250225?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=valparaiso-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Valparaiso
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Christopher Center Library - Valparaiso University
- **lat**: 41.46267845604
- **long**: -87.043006830677
- **full address**: Christopher Center Library - Valparaiso University, 1410 Chapel Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Dunes Learning Center (https://allevents.in/org/dunes-learning-center/12496608)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 am (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Christopher Center Library - Valparaiso University, 1410 Chapel Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46383, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Dunes Learning Center
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Air Matters: Connecting Community, Classrooms, & Clean Air ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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