Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory

Burd Run跨学科流域研究实验室

• 批准号: 9950652
• 负责人: Christopher Woltemade
• 金额: $ 8.42万
• 依托单位: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9950652&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Burd; Run; Interdisciplinary; Watershed; Research

9950652:We recently recognized four areas for improvement in undergraduate education: greater use of technology, increased student-faculty research, emphasis on innovative teaching strategies, and enhanced interdisciplinary study. Accordingly, the Departments of Geography-Earth Science, Biology, and Teacher Education at SU are developing the "Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory" to improve undergraduate science education. Some existing courses are being improved through new field and laboratory exercises based on state-of-the-art equipment. Perhaps more importantly, learning is being linked across courses and disciplines, allowing students to build and integrate scientific skills throughout their education using the watershed as a common case study. The watershed laboratory is expected to: (1) provide intensive undergraduate field training through collection and analysis of related environmental data from a single watershed, (2) establish a comprehensive watershed database and digital map library using a geographic information system (GIS), (3) provide access to the database through enhanced computer laboratories and a project internet site supporting interdisciplinary student studies in a wide variety of environmentally related courses, and (4) facilitate similar approaches at other institutions through conference presentations, publications, and internet access to the database and instructional/curricular materials.This project is improving earth-space science and biology education curricula by providing pre-service teachers with intensive training in scientific methods as applied in a field and laboratory learning environment. The watershed laboratory is being made available for use by public school classes, giving pre-service teachers opportunities to observe their intended careers in action. This project is also promoting faculty development through campus-wide instructional innovation workshops providing instruction on project equipment and GIS skills, and increasing field opportunities for women through related university programs.

9950652：我们最近认识到本科教育需要改进的四个领域：更多地利用技术、增加师生研究、强调创新教学策略以及加强跨学科研究。因此，苏大地理地球科学系、生物学系和教师教育系正在开发“伯德伦跨学科流域研究实验室”，以改善本科生科学教育。一些现有课程正在通过基于最先进设备的新领域和实验室练习进行改进。也许更重要的是，学习跨课程和学科联系起来，使学生能够利用分水岭作为常见案例研究，在整个教育过程中建立和整合科学技能。 流域实验室预计将：（1）通过收集和分析单个流域的相关环境数据来提供强化本科生实地培训，（2）利用地理信息系统（GIS）建立综合流域数据库和数字地图库，（ 3) 通过增强的计算机实验室和项目互联网站点提供对数据库的访问，支持跨学科学生在各种环境相关课程中的研究，以及 (4) 通过会议演示、出版物和互联网访问，促进其他机构采取类似的方法数据库和教学/课程材料。该项目正在通过为职前教师提供在实地和实验室学习环境中应用的科学方法强化培训，改进地球空间科学和生物教育课程。 该分水岭实验室正可供公立学校班级使用，为职前教师提供观察其预期职业生涯的机会。 该项目还通过全校范围内的教学创新研讨会促进教师发展，提供有关项目设备和 GIS 技能的指导，并通过相关大学项目增加女性的实地机会。