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Air pollution is causing alarming increases in respiratory diseases. Specially among children and other vulnerable population. To help policy makers justify difficult decisions on pollution, scientists need personal exposure data. But cost and lack of resources is preventing its large scale gathering... Policy makers need also to raise awareness on air pollution, to gain citizen support to set in place good policies to curb pollution. Schools seek ways to raise the quality of learning through experimental science and promoting social responsibility, but finding the right approach to motivate students remains a challenge.