Teaching Human Health and Water Stewardship using Extended Reality

项目摘要 据美国环境署报告，美国55%的溪流和河流 这些国家处于“贫困”状态，对鱼类、其他野生动物和人类构成健康风险。随着我们越来越意识到 工业废水污染、过度使用和其他有害方法对我们的水道造成的损害 革命（Venter等人，2016年），尽早向年轻学生传授水资源管理的重要性是关键 告知社会如何与水资源互动并照顾我们的水资源。科学、技术、工程 数学（STEM）课程和活动激发年轻学习者，建立他们的信心和自我效能感 （DeJarnette 2018）。这个SBIR FastTrack奖项将使Killer Snails，LLC能够开发沉浸式学习 WaterWays采用了最新的延展实境（XR）技术， 真实的评估，以解决水污染物对人类健康的影响，传达 暴露于水污染物对人类健康的潜在风险，提高环境卫生知识 淡水和咸水资源，并支持公民科学的努力，为孩子们在3-5年级。的 Waterways的经验将与下一代科学标准保持一致，包括定性和 提供学习证据和教师反馈的定量评估机制。 杀手蜗牛将与西奈山的早期环境跨学科中心合作 Exposures、野生动物保护协会和纽约市的哈德逊河公园合作， 具有以下三个集成组件：1）增强现实（AR）游戏，包括 可操纵的环境水污染物，测量对盐/淡水生物群落损害的方法， 对人类健康的影响，以及潜在的治疗方法。2)一个数字科学杂志，通过反思来扩展学习 学生AR交互，提供交互式工具来操纵，建模和构建水生物群落和潜力 污染物，并具有适用于当地环境的公民科学挑战。3)一个教育者的支持 仪表板，使教师能够实时监控AR学生的操作，学生数字化的反应， 科学期刊和访问脚手架问题。完成后，水道将作为3-5级市场 小学、博物馆等非正式学习中心和家庭的课程补充， 尤其是家庭学校市场。 本项目涉及的技术创新包括：1）动画图形的创建 描述环境污染物以及对淡水和海洋生物群落的破坏如何影响人类健康。2)我们 正在申请专利的教育工作者评估仪表板，将AR活动与WaterWays内容特定 互动数字媒体网站，使教师能够监测和评估实时学生参与， 学生们与水道。

PROJECT ABSTRACT It has been reported by the U.S. Environmental Agency that 55% percent of the streams and rivers in the nation are in “poor” condition, posing health risks to fish, other wildlife and humans. As we become more aware of the damage done to our waterways via pollution, overuse and other harmful methods from the industrial revolution (Venter et al., 2016), teaching young students about the importance of water stewardship early is key to informing the way society interacts with and takes care of our water resources. Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) lessons and activities excite young learners and build their confidence and self-efficacy (DeJarnette 2018). This SBIR FastTrack award will enable Killer Snails, LLC to develop an immersive learning experience, WaterWays, which leverages the latest in Extended Reality (XR) technology, paired with authentic assessments, to address the effects of water contaminants on human health, communicate the potential human health risks from exposure to water contaminants, improve environmental health literacy of fresh and saltwater sources, and support citizen science endeavors for children in grades 3-5. The WaterWays experience will align to the Next Generation Science Standards and include qualitative and quantitative assessment mechanisms that provide evidence of learning and teacher feedback. Killer Snails will collaborate with Mount Sinai's Transdisciplinary Center for Early Environmental Exposures, The Wildlife Conservation Society, and New York City's Hudson River Park to create WaterWays featuring the following three integrated components: 1) Augmented reality (AR) games that include manipulatable environmental water pollutants, ways to measure for damage to the salt/freshwater biome, the impact on human health, and potential treatments. 2) A digital science journal that extends learning by reflecting student AR interactions, provides interactive tools to manipulate, model and construct water biomes and potential pollutants, and features citizen science challenges applicable to local environments. 3) An educator support dashboard that enables teachers to monitor in real-time AR student manipulations, responses in student digital science journals, and access scaffolding questions. Upon completion, WaterWays will be marketed as a grade 3-5 curriculum supplement to elementary schools, informal learning centers such as museums, and to families, particularly the home school market. The technical innovations involved in this project include: 1) The creation of animated graphics depicting environmental pollutants and ways damage to fresh and marine biomes impact human health. 2) Our patent-pending educator assessment dashboard that integrates AR activity with a WaterWays content-specific interactive digital media website, enabling teachers to monitor and assess real-time student engagement as students engage with WaterWays.