The Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC) was awarded a grant (DUE#1700559) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Water INTENsE: INteractive TEchNology Education project. The focus of the Water INTENsE project is to develop augmented and/or virtual reality (AVR) curriculum for water/wastewater technologies and agriculture/water conservation education in two-year colleges.
ATEEC's Water INTENsE project activities include:
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The STEM-based instructional materials focus on simulating learning situations in the fields of water/wastewater and agriculture/water conservation. Working with actual field equipment belonging to local industry partners may be impractical. Purchasing equipment is often cost-prohibitive for most educational institutions. The simulations allow technology students to receive "hands-on," applied training in a contextual environment, providing students with practice on virtual real-world equipment.
The project leverages ATEEC’s work in occupational analysis, curriculum development, and instructional materials development projects in water technology. Due to ATEEC’s national environmental technology network with industry and education, the project is well positioned to supplement and enhance existing water and agriculture technology curricula, utilize a wide variety of content experts in the fields, and determine and fulfill workforce needs.
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ATEEC is focused on improving knowledge and resources for environmental education.
Our general focus is on water and wastewater careers, but we have additional resources for energy and environmental resources as well.
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