K-Gray Engineering Pathway Digital Library - Engineering Education Wing of the NSDL

Rachel Carson - Silent Springs

thumbnail of courseware graphic
read or write comments about this resource
Comments ( 1 ) 		read or subimt reviews of this resource
Reviews ( 0 )
save this resource to your workspace
Save to Workspace
  
Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering
Chemical, Biochemical, Biomolecular Engineering
Engineering Ethics
Environmental Engineering
Special Topic(s): Technology and Society
Learning Resource Type: Teaching - Case Study
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): Online Ethics, National Academy of Engineering
Description: Ethics module on Rachel Carson and The Silent Spring. The teaching resources contains a wide range of background material and links to ethical questions. It is included as part of the National Academy of Engineering's Online Ethics resources under Professional Practice and Moral Examplars. Caption: Rachel Carson, sitting on a peak, watching migrating hawks through binoculars at Hawk Mountain, PA., in 1945. Photograph by Shirley Briggs. Lear/Carson Collection at Connecticut College Library.
Rating:
  
Related Resources
Keywords: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, pesticides, ethics
Is Component of The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science
   
Usage Tip
Related ABET Criteria: (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context
Use of Resource: Case study in ethics class or a component of class addressing social implications of technology.
Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: Low

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://www.onlineethics.org/cms/9147.aspx
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS