An Undergraduate Computer Laboratory for the Biological Sciences.

生物科学本科计算机实验室。

• 批准号: 8852273
• 负责人: Daniel Hornbach
• 金额: $ 4.16万
• 依托单位: Macalester College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-05-15 至 1990-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8852273&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Computer; Laboratory; Biological; Sciences.

Computer technology is playing an increasingly important role in the biological sciences. Computers are being used for data acquisition and analysis, and they make the simulation of complex biological systems possible. Despite their importance, the integration of computers into the undergraduate biology curriculum has not been consistently achieved. This means that students often underestimate the need for quantitative skills in modern biological research. This project attempts to overcome this problem by developing a computer laboratory for the biological sciences. The laboratory is being configured with a network of 12 MacIntosh II computers to allow for interaction among the instructor and students. One of the main uses of the lab is to allow students to develop their analytical skills by designing simulation models of biological processes. Simulations are used in the department's Ecology, Limnology, Human Physiology and Research courses. The new equipment also supports the development of an Evolution course in which the majority of the labs are to be based on model building. In addition, the lab is used by students in a number of classes to acquire data from scientific instruments and to conduct the subsequent statistical analyses of these data. Finally there are plans to use the computer lab for literature searching and accessing external databases through the college's local area network. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.

计算机技术正在发挥越来越重要的作用， 生物科学 计算机正被用于数据采集 和分析，他们模拟复杂的生物学， 系统可能。 尽管其重要性， 计算机进入本科生物课程还没有 一贯实现。 这意味着学生往往低估了 现代生物学研究对定量技术的需求。 该项目试图通过开发一个 生物科学的计算机实验室 实验室是 配置了12台MacIntosh II计算机的网络， 教师和学生之间的互动。 的一个主要 实验室的用途是让学生发展他们的分析能力 通过设计生物过程的模拟模型。 模拟 用于该部门的生态学，湖沼学，人类生理学和 研究课程。 新设备还支持开发 一门进化课程，其中大部分实验都是基于 关于模型构建。 此外，该实验室还供学生使用， 从科学仪器获取数据和 对这些数据进行后续统计分析。 最后 有计划使用计算机实验室进行文献检索， 通过学院的局域网访问外部数据库。 受赠机构正在将NSF奖项与同等奖项相匹配 从非联邦来源获得的金额。