Assessing Toxic Risk (Student Edition).
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Nancy M Trautmann; Patricia Carroll; National Science Teachers Association. Environmental Inquiry Leadership Team.; et al
- ناشر : Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2001
- شابک / ISBN : 9780873551960
Description
[pt. 1]. Introduction -- Environmental inquiry -- Meeting the standards -- Audience -- [pt. 2]. Why toxicology -- Relevance -- Connections -- Research opportunities -- Critical thinking -- [pt. 2]. Levels of inquiry -- Guiding protocol-level inquiry -- Conducting interactive research -- [pt. 3]. Guiding student inquiry -- About the student edition -- section 1. Understanding toxic risk -- Model responses -- section 2. Toxicology protocols : introduction to research -- Choosing bioassay organisms -- Making serial dilutions (protocol 1) -- Carrying out a dose/response experiment (protocols 2-4) -- Testing environmental samples (protocol 5) -- Purifying solutions and testing for reduced toxicity (protocols 6-7) -- section 3. Beyond protocols : conducting interactive research -- Why interactive research -- Choosing a research question -- Analyzing the data -- Summarizing the data -- A look at variability -- Interpreting the results -- Conclusions about toxicity -- Conclusions about the environment -- Recommendations about what to try next -- Presenting a report and engaging in peer review -- [pt. 4]. Assessment -- Performance assessment -- Example assessment rubrics for EI student research -- Assessment criteria for student research -- Assessment rubric for poster presentations -- Assessment rubric for written reports -- Sample test questions -- [pt. 5]. Appendix -- Culturing duckweed -- Culturing daphnia.
How can we decide what concentration of arsenic is acceptable in public drinking water? What does it mean to say that Vitamin D is a highly toxic chemical? How can we balance the risks of spraying pesticides versus the risks of insect-borne diseases such as West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease, or Malaria? Students discover the answers to these intriguing questions and more by delving into the Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series: Assessing Toxic Risk, Student Edition
