I just finished teaching my 5 freshman classes about WWI. I had a thought for next year.....I want to find and buy maybe 5 or 6 gas masks, that I could use in class with my kids. I am thinking it would be neat to hand them out to volunteer kids, and actually have a practice mask drill during class. As in, to really show them the panic of a gas attack, having to drop what they are doing find their mask, and immediatly put it on. Say start class by getting volunteers, explaining that at some point during the 1.5 hour class, we'd have a practice mask drill and those who volunteered would have to drop everything, find their mask, and put it on. Maybe time them.....Get a few to experience this. Problem is....what masks are safe? I know some have esbestos in the filters....Easy solution is just not install any filters, because really its just putting on the mask that gives the effect.
Any cheap but safe modern masks that I could use for this? Also, I would want to be able to wipe off the inside of the mask with alcohol wipes to sterilize it after each use, so other classes could use them.....
I don't think this would get me in trouble.....Before I did it I would run it by my principal.....
But SAFE masks? I don't need to expose kids to anything dangerous....But I also am poor, and cannot afford brand new, 100 buck masks.....
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