AAAS Reviews Quicksilver Web Module
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) recently reviewed the Quicksilver Web Module, an online learning tool which I helped co-develop for the University of Washington's Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health. The review is posted in the AAAS' online resource, Science NetLinks, which provides reviews of science education resources for K-12 Science Educators.
The Quicksilver Question Web Module is a fun, interactive, online learning adventure set in the fictitious gold mining town of Quicksilver, Washington. Participants navigate through the town, meeting with the town's residents (including a museum docent, toxicologist, teacher, senior citizen, and fisheries biologist) to gather information about human health and the town's legacy of gold mining and mercury contamination.
The reviewer, Brian Shmaefsky of Kingwood College, calls the online learning adventure "a valuable environmental toxicology teaching resource" which can be used to "reinforce health education, language arts, math, science, and social science" as well as "ethical issues related to technological applications." The module "builds the scientific framework needed to rationally analyze suspected cases of environmental health problems related to pollution."
To read the AAAS review, click here. To read the AAAS description of the module, click here. And to launch the web module, which is fun for adults as well as middle and high school students, click here.
The Quicksilver Question Web Module is a fun, interactive, online learning adventure set in the fictitious gold mining town of Quicksilver, Washington. Participants navigate through the town, meeting with the town's residents (including a museum docent, toxicologist, teacher, senior citizen, and fisheries biologist) to gather information about human health and the town's legacy of gold mining and mercury contamination.
The reviewer, Brian Shmaefsky of Kingwood College, calls the online learning adventure "a valuable environmental toxicology teaching resource" which can be used to "reinforce health education, language arts, math, science, and social science" as well as "ethical issues related to technological applications." The module "builds the scientific framework needed to rationally analyze suspected cases of environmental health problems related to pollution."
To read the AAAS review, click here. To read the AAAS description of the module, click here. And to launch the web module, which is fun for adults as well as middle and high school students, click here.
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