Science in the courtroom : the Woburn toxic trial

Additional Titles:: Woburn toxic trial
Published:: [Northfield, Minnesota] : Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, 2008-
Physical Description:: 1 online resource
Additional Creators:: Bair, Scott S., Svitana, Kevin, Harr, Jonathan, and Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.). Science Education Resource Center

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"Science in the Courtroom - The Woburn Toxic Trial explores the interplay between science, citizen action, public health, and the American legal system. The website provides resources to examine the intriguing scientific, environmental, and public-health issues raised in landmark case of Anne Anderson et al. versus W.R. Grace & Co. and Beatrice Foods, Inc. This civil lawsuit formed the foundation for the award-winning book 'A Civil Action' by Jonathan Harr and the movie starring John Travolta, Robert Duvall, and Kathleen Quinlan. The goals of this website are to provide visitors with the background and resources necessary to explore Overarching societal issues, Key issues in the federal trial, and Student learning modules that can be used individually in existing courses or collectively to develop a mock trial course. The Instructor Materials provide suggestions for the various activities and assignments in the student learning modules. The website also contains Resource Collections of trial testimony, newspaper articles, legal filings and motions, historic photographs, aerial photographs, videoclips and animations, and an extensive bibliography."--Website.

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Civil action (Motion picture)

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"Developed by Professor Scott Bair, with funding from the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation, based on his interdisciplinary mock-trial course at Ohio State University."
Website "constructed by Scott Bair, Ohio State University, and Kevin Svitana, Otterbein University, along with the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College."

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