Teaching Human Health and Water Stewardship using Extended Reality

项目摘要 据美国环保署报道，世界上55%的小溪和河流 国家处于“贫穷”状态，对鱼类、其他野生动物和人类的健康构成威胁。随着我们变得更加意识到 工业污染、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)，及早向年轻学生传授水管理的重要性是 告知社会与我们的水资源互动和照顾我们的水资源的方式。科学、技术、工程 和数学(STEM)课程和活动激发了年轻学习者的兴趣，并建立了他们的自信和自我效能感 (DeJarnette 2018)。这项SBIR FastTrack奖将使Killer Snails，LLC开发身临其境的学习 体验，水路，利用最新的扩展现实(XR)技术，与 可信的评估，以解决水污染物对人类健康的影响，传达 水污染物对人体健康的潜在威胁，提高环境健康素养 淡水和咸水资源，并支持3-5年级儿童的公民科学努力。这个 航道体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量化评估机制。 杀手蜗牛将与西奈山跨学科早期环境中心合作 暴露部、野生动物保护协会和纽约市哈德逊河公园共同创建水道 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/淡水生物群的损害的方法， 对人类健康的影响，以及可能的治疗方法。2)通过反思延伸学习的数字科学期刊 学生AR交互，提供交互工具来操纵、建模和构建水生态系统和潜力 污染物，并以适用于当地环境的公民科学挑战为特色。3)教育者支持 仪表板，使教师能够以学生数字形式实时监控学生的操作和回应 科学期刊，并访问脚手架问题。建成后，航道将被评为3-5级 向小学、博物馆等非正式学习中心和家庭提供课程补充， 尤其是家庭学校市场。 本项目所涉及的技术创新包括：1)动画图形的制作 描述环境污染物以及对新鲜和海洋生物的破坏对人类健康的影响。2)我们的 正在申请专利的教育者评估仪表板，将AR活动与特定于水道的内容相结合 交互式数字媒体网站，使教师能够监控和评估学生的实时参与度 学生们与水道打交道。

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.