Title :
Improving the environment
Author_Institution :
Colerain High Sch., Cincinnati, OH, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given as follows. High School Environmental Science students utilize the Thayer Method of Problem Solving to cooperatively engineer and construct an original product or device for improving the environment. The problem solving process embraces the integration of multiple disciplines and technological skills to increase knowledge of environmental issues, improve team skills, and develop an engineering perspective on real world environmental problems.
Keywords :
engineering education; environmental engineering; problem solving; High School Environmental Science students; Problem Solving; Thayer Method; cooperative engineering; device construction; environment improvement; environmental issues; multiple disciplines integration; product construction; product engineering; real world environmental problems; team skills improvement; technological skills; Cellular phones; Environmental factors; Problem-solving;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999. FIE '99. 29th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5643-8
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1999.840411
