Last week I wrote about the need for and purposes of our project. This week let’s discuss our approach of training community teams to create the content of this project and why this will be beneficial. One purpose of The Elements Unearthed project is to train teams consisting of students and community [...]
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Our Approach: Team Composition and Student-Created Content
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged citizen science, education content creation, informal science education, long tail curve, Pareto curve, podcasting, science education, student collaboration, student created content, subject matter expert on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why Do We Need This Project?
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged chemicals, chemistry, environmental hazards, science education, science history, science literacy, STEM careers, U. S. economic strength on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are four reasons why The Elements Unearthed project is needed. The first is for our own self-protection. The second is to protect our heritage and history. The third is to protect our future. The fourth is to protect our country’s standing as the leader in science and engineering innovation. 1.) Our own self-protection: [...]
Welcome to The Elements Unearthed!
Posted in Uncategorized, Weekly Post, tagged chemical engineering, chemistry, citizen science, element, informal science, material science, mining, podcasting, science education, science history, STEM, student created content on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Introduction Audio [m4a] Fractal cover image The Elements Unearthed: Our Discovery and Usage of the Chemical Elements is a project developed by David V. Black and his students at Mountainland Applied Technology College (MATC) in Orem, Utah. Our objective is to document the history, sources, uses, mining, refining, and hazards of the chemical elements and important [...]
