Overview of Findings from Students Instruments/scales IRBs and consent process – Principal letter – Parent Consent – Student Assent 1

Water Resources: Preliminary Results Student Demographics – The fall simulations had a total of 506 consenting participants. – The population consisted of 7th & 8th grade Simulation A 294 students Simulation B 241 students 2

Students Connecticut and Chicago students 3

Student ethnicity breakdown 4

Connecticut Students 5

Chicago Students 6

Means and Standard Deviations 7 Paired Samples Statistics Scales Mean Std. Deviation Science Interest 1SciInt1 Pre SciInt1 Post Science Interest 2SciInt2 Pre SciInt2 Post Technology Use*Tech Pre Tech Post Science TasksSciTask1 Pre SciTask1 Post Science Tasks 1SciTask2 Pre SciTask2 Post Writing Tasks*Write Pre Write Post Social Studies*SocStud Pre SocStud Post Social Perspective TakingSocPerTake Pre SocPerTake Post

Gains Writing ScoresTechnology Use Score 8

Current Status Analyses of the Surveys Items Creation of scales Differences based on: – Location – Race – Gender – Access to computers What students reported learning What students reported wanting to change Other Analyses Writing prompts s – 11,545 messages sent! Conference postings Issue area performance Others 9