A workshop in Quantitative and Analytical Ecology for Faculty

该项目将为12名本科教师提供实践 在三个生态领域的经验：1）实验评估 传粉者对花蜜中氨基酸的反应，2）遥测 生态学监测; 3）水生生物固氮控制 微生物的 将为参与者提供适当的阅读 材料和实验室方法由项目负责人设计。 教学方法将包括讲座和讨论， 主要依赖于该项目的现场和实验室工作 董事们。 与这些领域的研究相关，参与者 将学习设计假设，进行实验，分析和 显示结果数据。 他们将使用计算机进行数据分析 并将学习制作35毫米的幻灯片， 介绍。 最后，他们将开发实验室练习， 他们自己的课程，并可能能够启动新的本科 与自己的学生进行研究项目。 经过使用和评估 至少有一个实验室练习，他们将分享 他们的结果与其他成员的组。 除了NSF基金，参与者的机构将 资助约15%的旅费，而获资助院校会 贡献约10%的额外运营成本。

This project will provide 12 undergraduate faculty with hands-on experience in three areas of ecology: 1) experimental assessment of pollinator responses to amino acids in nectars, 2) telemetric monitoring in ecology, and 3) control of nitrogen fixation in aquatic microorganisms. Participants will be given appropriate reading materials and laboratory methods devised by the project directors. Methods of instruction will include lectures and discussions but will primarily depend on field and laboratory work with the project directors. Associated with the studies in these areas, participants will learn to devise hypotheses, conduct experiments, and analyze and present the resulting data. They will use computers for data analysis and presentation and will learn to make 35 mm slides for oral presentations. Finally, they will develop laboratory exercises for their own courses and may be able to initiate new undergraduate research projects with their own students. After using and evaluating at least one of the laboratory exercises in a course, they will share their results with the other members of the group. In addition to the NSF funds, participants' institutions will contribute about 15% in travel costs, and the grantee institution will contribute about 10% in additional operating costs.