Enhancing Geoscience Literacy with Role-Playing Simulation on Acid Mine Drainage

Dive into the world of geoscience literacy with a unique role-playing simulation focused on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). Join Kim A. Cheek and Dennis W. Cheek in this engaging educational experience that immerses you in the challenges and solutions related to AMD. Expand your knowledge and skills in geosciences through this innovative approach.

• Geoscience
• Literacy
• Role-Playing
• Acid Mine Drainage
• Simulation

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1. Improving Geoscience Literacy through a Role-Playing Simulation on Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Kim A. Cheek and Dennis W. Cheek k.cheek@unf.edu

2. Teaching/Learning Episodes Student Learning Design Principles Assessment Grand Challenges for Teaching about the Earth through Socio-Scientific Issues Adapted from Teasdale, R. et al., (2018). Research on Teaching about Earth in the Context of Societal Problems . In St. John, K (Ed.) (2018). Community Framework for Geoscience Education Research. National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Retrieved from DOI https://doi.org/10.25885/ger_framework/5

3. Role-Playing Simulation Adaptable to classes of various sizes and levels of background knowledge Active, problem-based learning Socio-scientific issue with ambiguity and no easy answers Students are actors representing stakeholders impacted by issue

4. Task: Work in teams and as entire class to propose and negotiate feasible solution(s) to mitigate the effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) in the Republic of South Africa (RSA)

5. 3rd most important contemporary environmental issue Over 5,000 abandoned mines in Witwatersrand area of the RSA Why AMD in the RSA? 120+ years of extensive, deep mining Threatens: Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site, flora, fauna, and water quality, may be contributing to increased seismic activity

6. Design Features Collaborative Teams with Defined Roles One Team Manages Process Common Set of Materials Online and F2F Interactions Variable Based on Learning Outcomes 360 Evaluation

7. Fifteen Simulation Groups (for large classes) 1. International Consulting Group 9. Federation for a Sustainable Environment (NGO) 2. Mining Communities Federation (NGO) 10. Office of the RSA President 3. Cape Town Chamber of Commerce 11. National Treasury of RSA 4. Congress of South African Trade Unions 12. Committee on AMD, RSA Parliament 5. National Union of Mine Workers 13. RSA Department of Water and Sanitation 6. Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce 14. RSA Department of Health 7. Government of Johannesburg largest city in RSA 15. South African Democratic Alliance largest opposition party in RSA 8. Chamber of Mines (mining industry NGO)

8. Questions? For materials email k.cheek@unf.edu