Introduction of Spectroradiometry into the Undergraduate Marine Science Curriculum and Special Programs at the Shannon Point Marine Center

将光谱辐射测量引入香农角海洋中心的本科海洋科学课程和特别课程

• 批准号: 9650124
• 负责人: Brian Bingham
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-04-15 至 1998-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650124&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Introduction; Spectroradiometry; into; Undergraduate; Marine

Through the Shannon Point Marine Center and its marine science curriculum, science majors who may pursue graduate education, community college students who are assessing their interest in pursuing marine science as a major, and advanced undergraduates participating in Shannon Point Marine Center National Undergraduate Marine Education Center (NUMEC) programs are served. NUMEC provides students from around the United States access to marine science studies at a marine center within the context of their ongoing undergraduate programs at their home institutions. Three programs operate within NUMEC: the Minorities in Marine Science Undergraduate Program, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site program, and the Fall Quarter-in-Residence. All of the programs provide undergraduates with unique opportunities to become educated in the most recent concepts in marine science, to be trained in state-of-the art techniques used in marine research, and to engage in supervised, independent research. With the spectroradiometer, students can use advanced technology to quantitatively address ecologically relevant questions ranging from UV-B effects on invertebrate larvae to influences of light quality on microbial community structure. The instrument has enormous value in teaching basic oceanographic principles previously discussed only in lectures. It is being applied in the curricula of Oceanography, Algae, Marine Ecology, Marine Invertebrate Biology, and Current Trends in Marine Science courses. The benefits of this tool, however, extend far beyond formal coursework. Given the current concern for global issues, students are increasingly interested in problems such as ozone depletion and global warming. This equipment places an exciting, computer-based research tool in the hands of undergraduates who are using it to do meaningful, imaginative research.

通过Shannon Point Marine Center及其海洋科学课程，可以从事研究生教育的科学专业，社区大学的学生正在评估他们作为专业和高级本科生的兴趣，并参加了Shannon Point Marine Center National Center National Center National Inluctarreadure Marine Purecture Marine Marine Education Center（NUMEC）计划。 NUMEC为来自美国各地的海洋科学研究的学生提供了他们在本机构正在进行的本科课程的背景下。 在NUMEC中运作的三个计划：海洋科学本科课程的少数族裔，本科生现场计划的研究经验以及秋季四分之一的居住。 所有这些计划都为大学生提供了独特的机会，可以在海洋科学的最新概念中受过教育，这些概念将接受海洋研究中使用的最先进技术，并从事有监督的独立研究。 借助光谱计，学生可以使用先进的技术来定量解决与生态相关的问题，从对无脊椎动物幼虫的影响到光质量对微生物社区结构的影响。 该仪器在教授先前仅在讲座中讨论的基本海洋原理方面具有巨大的价值。 它应用于海洋学，藻类，海洋生态学，海洋无脊椎动物生物学以及海洋科学课程的当前趋势。 但是，该工具的好处远远超出了正式课程。 鉴于当前对全球问题的关注，学生对诸如臭氧耗竭和全球变暖等问题越来越感兴趣。 该设备将一种令人兴奋的基于计算机的研究工具置于本科生的手中，他们正在使用它进行有意义的，富有想象力的研究。