STEM Interactive Digital Tool to Educate and Promote Hearing Health and Science for 4th to 7th Grade

项目摘要/摘要 国家研究委员会承认，严肃的电脑游戏可以支持新的基于探究的 科学教学方法，提供虚拟实验室或实地学习经验，以克服 对学生调查的实际和后勤限制。全国都认识到有必要鼓励 并加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的教育，Creare及其 北科罗拉多大学的合作者和我们的危险分贝®合作伙伴建议 基于危险分贝®计划和活动以及在线开发一款有趣、引人入胜的游戏 提供培训计划，将游戏纳入课堂。这个游戏的主要目标是 发展儿童听觉科学和声学的科学和数学知识基础； 次要目标是利用这些知识发展积极的态度和行为 自己的听力健康。培训计划针对的是一系列不同的教育工作者，从训练有素的科学教师到 学校护士，甚至高中生，并提供资源，促进和鼓励课堂 整合，促进更广泛地传播我们的STEM材料。总体而言，拟议的计划还 有潜力促进所有从事交付和内容的人对STEM和健康职业的兴趣 计划的一部分。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The National Research Council recognizes that serious computer games can support new inquiry-based approaches to science instruction, providing virtual laboratories or field learning experiences that overcome practical and logistical constraints to student investigations. With the nationally recognized need to encourage and enhance education in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) area, Creare and its collaborators at the University of Northern Colorado, along with our Dangerous Decibels® partners propose to develop a fun, engaging game based upon the Dangerous Decibels® programs and activities, as well as online delivery of a training program to incorporate the game into the classroom. The primary objective of the game is to develop children’s scientific and mathematical knowledge base about hearing science and acoustics; the secondary objective is to leverage this knowledge to develop positive attitudes and behaviors related to their own hearing health. The training program targets a diverse set of educators, from trained science teachers to school nurses and even high school students and provides resources to facilitate and encourage classroom integration, promoting a much wider dissemination of our STEM materials. Overall the proposed program also has the potential of promoting interest in STEM and health careers for all engaged in the delivery and content of the program.