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See more from this Session: Geoscience Education II: Best Practices for Teaching Geoscience
Abstract:
First, students view A Civil Action so they relate human issues (childhood leukemia) to the effects of hazardous waste. We refer to this theme for the remainder of the quarter. The Woburn website provides resources which help students explore, understand and assess the multiple aspects of the Woburn situation. The web resource information facilitates student understanding of the impacts of the hazardous wastes from perspective of the leukemia victim's families, Woburn's city government and the defendant corporations. The subsequent module explores the creation and enactment of hazardous waste, or Superfund regulations. Students are provided with readings that discuss the successes and failures of the Superfund program from which they develop position papers regarding the effectiveness of Superfund to identify and remediate hazardous waste sites. The last module explores the scientific and social issues related to global warming. Using Woburn and Superfund as their model, students form committees to develop strategies and policies focused on mitigating sources and effects of global warming.
See more from this Division: General Discipline Sessions
See more from this Session: Geoscience Education II: Best Practices for Teaching Geoscience