The Prototype Web-based Interactive Ground-water Tutor

互动地下水教程原型网站该项目建立了一个基于网络的地下水教程原型，这是一个向地球和空间科学和环境科学的二级学生讲授与地下水流动以及人类对地表水和地下水系统的影响有关的概念的“动手”工具。在这个为期两年的原则证明项目中完成的大部分工作都集中在开发界面，使学生能够与原型网站上的模块进行交互。该项目通过结合角色扮演练习和河流-含水层系统中地下水流动和污染物传输的数学模拟来解决环境问题，鼓励进行探究教学。角色扮演练习可能包括使用模拟结果来帮助防止：(1)污染物羽流到达河流；(2)被倾倒到附近的溪流中的泄漏对含水层的污染，在那里，含水层被用作公共供水。指导模块将提供：(1)帮助指导角色扮演操作的框架，(2)为学生提供指导，以及(3)在角色扮演过程中向学生更新模拟情景的方法。该项目是由堪萨斯地质调查局、堪萨斯大学向上界限数学科学中心、探路者科学和堪萨斯StreamLink合作完成的。堪萨斯城堪萨斯社区学院，堪萨斯州劳伦斯市，497美元将参加现场测试

The Interactive Ground-Water Tutorial Prototype Web SiteThis project constructs a prototype web-based ground-water tutorial, a "hands-on" tool for teaching secondary Earth and Space Science and Environmental Science students concepts related to ground-water flow and to the human impacts on surface- and ground-water systems. Most of the work performed in this two-year, proof-of-principle project focuses on developing the interface that will enable the student to interact with the modules on the prototype web site. The project encourages inquiry instruction by incorporating role-play exercises and mathematical simulations of ground-water flow and contaminant transport in a stream-aquifer system to solve environmental problems. Role-play exercises could potentially include using simulation results to help prevent: (1) a contaminant plume from reaching the stream and (2) contamination of an aquifer by a spill that has been dumped into a nearby stream where the aquifer is used for public water supply. A guidance module will provide: (1) a framework to help guide role-play actions and (2) an orientation for the student and (3) a means to update the student about the simulated situation during the role-play. The project is a collaboration between the Kansas Geological Survey, the University of Kansas Upward Bound Math Science Center, Pathfinder Science, and Kansas StreamLink. Kansas City Kansas Community College, the Lawrence, Kansas USD #497 will participate in field-testin