Teaching Human Health and Water Stewardship using Extended Reality

使用扩展现实教授人类健康和水管理

• 批准号: 10425431
• 负责人: Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
• 金额: $ 79.02万
• 依托单位: KILLER SNAILS LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-15 至 2023-06-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10425431
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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.

项目摘要 美国环境保护局据报道，河流和河流中有55％ 民族处于“恶劣”状态，对鱼类，其他野生动植物和人类构成健康风险。随着我们变得越来越意识 通过污染，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），向年轻学生提早了解水管理的重要性是 告知社会与我们的水资源互动的方式。科学，技术，工程 和数学（STEM）课程和活动激动人心的年轻学习者，并建立他们的信心和自我效率 （Dejarnette 2018）。 SBIR FastTrack奖将使Killer Snails，LLC能够开发身临其境的学习 经验，水道，利用最新的扩展现实（XR）技术与 真实的评估，以解决水污染物对人类健康的影响，传达 潜在的人类健康风险因暴露于水污染物而提高环境健康素养 新鲜和盐水来源，并支持3 - 5年级的儿童公民科学努力。这 水道经验将与下一代科学标准保持一致，并包括定性和 定量评估机制提供了学习和教师反馈的证据。 杀手蜗牛将与西奈山的跨学科早期环境中心合作 曝光，野生动物保护协会和纽约市的哈德逊河公园，以创建水道 包含以下三个集成组件：1）增强现实（AR）游戏，其中包括 可操作的环境水污染物，测量盐/淡水生物群落损害的方法， 对人类健康和潜在治疗的影响。 2）数字科学杂志通过反思扩展学习 学生AR互动，提供交互式工具来操纵，建模和构建水生物群落和潜力 污染物和特色公民科学挑战适用于当地环境。 3）教育家的支持 仪表板使教师能够实时监视AR学生的操作，学生数字响应 科学期刊和访问脚手架问题。完成后，水道将以3-5级销售 针对小学，非正式学习中心（例如博物馆）和家庭的课程补充， 特别是家庭学校市场。 该项目涉及的技术创新包括：1）创建动画图形 描述环境污染物以及对新鲜和海洋生物群落的损害影响人类健康。 2）我们的 正在申请专利的教育者评估仪表板，将AR活动与特定于水道内容集成 交互式数字媒体网站，使教师能够监视和评估实时的学生参与度 学生参与水道。