Experiments and Simulations in Introductory Undergraduate Physics Laboratories.

西南部俄勒冈社区学院的物理系开发了一项物理实验室课程改进计划，以更紧密地将实验室练习与普通物理和工程物理的讲座主题结合起来，供转学到大学水平的理科和非理科专业的学生使用。主要目标是增加学生使用适当的实验室设备进行各种实验的机会，并通过使用微型计算机进行物理模拟来加强学习。重点将放在以物理讲义为关键的单一主题实验上。对包括计算机在内的新设备的承诺将更新和改进现有的实验室设备。各种物理实验的计算机模拟增强了对更复杂的一般物理概念的理解，这些概念在实验室中是不可能研究的--例如许多物体在重力下的运动，或复杂几何结构中的电场--同时向学生介绍计算机在科学环境中的使用。这所学院将用同等数额的资金来匹配这个奖项。

A Physics Laboratory Course improvement program has been developed by Physics faculty at Southwestern Oregon Community College to more closely align laboratory exercises and General Physics and Engineering Physics lecture topics for science and non science majors who transfer to university level programs. The principal goal is to increase opportunities for students to perform a wider variety of experiments using appropriate laboratory equipment and to enhance learning through physics simulations using microcomputers. The focus will be on single topic labs keyed to Physics lecture material. A commitment to new equipment, including computers, will update and enhance existing laboratory equipment. Computer simulations of various physics experiments enhance understanding of more complex general physics concepts which are not possible to investigate in the laboratory - such as the motion of many bodies under gravity, or electric fields in complicated geometrics - while introducing students to computer use in a scientific setting. The college with match the award with an equal amount of funds.