Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Department
Engineering (HMC)
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
An Integrative Experience was developed as part of an introductory environmental engineering course at Harvey Mudd College. The Integrative Experience was developed to help the college students consider the relationship of science and technology with contemporary society. Junior and senior students enrolled in the course designed WebQuests for middle school students. The WebQuests involved the integration of an environmental issue, problem, or technology and societal effects. WebQuests were designed for a middle school audience in order to expand the amount of engineering outreach that is done at the K-12 level. The HMC students chose WebQuests topics including nuclear and alternative energy; the Los Angeles aqueduct; farming practices and conservation; a cyanide spill in Romania; deforestation; air pollution; and energy conservation and planning. The WebQuests were tested by middle school students in Fontana, California to determine their usefulness in introducing engineering to middle-school students, and feedback was received.
Rights Information
© 2001 American Society for Engineering Education
Recommended Citation
Cardenas, M.P. “WebQuests as an Integrative Experience in Introductory Environmental Engineering,” Proceedings of the 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2001.
