Projects of Interest to Middle School Teachers and Children. Product Developed: a website offering interactive, free online games in which students assume authentic tasks and learn facts related to careers in science.
Target Audience: middle school students Goal: In Cool Science Careers, adolescents can experience what it's like to be a scientist. The website currently offers interactive games related to epidemiology, neuropsychology, toxicology, neurobiology, and neuroradiology. For example, players analyze results of MRIs, perform an animal experiment, replicate a memory test, conduct a case-control study, and evaluate the results of GC/MS analysis.
If students are unsure about which career to choose, they can take a career interest survey, which will match them with one of the careers on the website.
Disease Related. Drug Related. Careers. Illnesses, Diseases & Conditions.