"Instructional Equipment to Support Undergraduate Field Studies in Aquatic Microbiology"

本系的水生微生物学项目提供为期两年的 大学生有机会，指导和设备， 进行高质量的实地工作。 其中一个伟大的资源， 伊利诺斯州南部（以及整个中西部）是水资源丰富的地区。 该项目通过将学生的经验集中在 水生生态系统中的微生物。 该项目的初步工作始于1987年夏天， 增加了两个新的课程：野外生物学和研究 生物科学. 本课程新增内容，结合新 设备采购，代表了教师的决心， 致力于将课堂与生物体世界联系起来。 为了支持这个项目，NSF奖资助了购买一个 质量显微镜，具有相差、落射荧光和 显微摄影配件，以及一个小工具船， 湖泊和水库沉积物取样设备。 与这些 设备的增加，水生微生物学的学生被给予 一个将野外工作的兴奋和动力联合收割机结合起来的机会 在进行合理的科学调查方面有经验。 参加这些课程的学生主要是 大学的四年转学计划，谁期待着完成 理科相关领域的学士学位。 通过这些报告， 学生们经常被带到当地的高中班级和社区 成人团体，该项目也有助于更好的公众 科学的理解和提高大学预科学生的兴趣 在科学事业中。 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。

This department's aquatic microbiology project provides two-year college students with the opportunity, instruction, and equipment necessary to conduct quality field work. One of the great resources of Southern Illinois (and all of the Midwest) is the abundance of water. This project targets these resources by focusing student experiences on the microorganisms of aquatic ecosystems. Initial work on this project began during the summer of 1987 with the addition of two new courses: Field Biology, and Research in Biological Science. This curriculum addition, combined with new equipment purchases, represents the faculty's determination and commitment to link the classroom with the world of living organisms. To support this project the NSF award has financed the purchase of a quality microscope with phase contrast, epifluorescence and photomicrographic accessories, as well as a small utility boat with equipment for sampling lake and reservoir sediments. With these equipment additions, the aquatic microbiology students are being given an opportunity to combine the excitement and motivation of field work with experience in conducting sound scientific inquiry. Students enrolled in these courses are largely those in the college's four-year transfer program who look forward to completing the baccalaureate in a science-related field. Through reports by these students often presented to local high school classes and to community adult groups, the project also contributes to better public understanding of science and to increased pre-college student interest in science careers. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.