Short Course on Dinosaurs; GSA Meeting, St Louis; November 1989

1989年美国地质学会年会上开设了一门关于恐龙的短期课程。15位研究恐龙时代各个方面的专家对恐龙及其生活的一些动植物的进化、起源、系统发育、适应、环境和灭绝等方面的新研究进行了有组织的总结。短期课程是为非恐龙专家设计的，提供广泛的覆盖面和对新思想和新发现的关注。特别强调的是如何为本科生开设和教授一门关于恐龙的课程。关于恐龙的课程已经被证明是激励学生学习更多关于地球和生命科学的伟大工具。恐龙还可以作为一种工具，在分子生物学和地球物理学等各种学科上交流思想。从讲座中准备的短期课程笔记将按成本价分发。NSF将用赞助协会支付的剩余费用资助演讲者的旅行费用。

A Short Course on Dinosaurs is being offered at the 1989 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. Fifteen experts on various aspects of the Age of Dinosaurs are presenting a cohesive summary of new research in the evolution, origin, phylogeny, adaptations, environments, and extinctions of dinosaurs and some of the plants and animals with which they lived. The Short Course is designed for non-specialists in dinosaurs to provide broad coverage and attention to new ideas and findings. Special emphasis is being given to how to set up and teach a course on dinosaurs to undergraduate students. Courses on dinosaurs have already proven to be great motivating tools that stimulate students to learn more about earth and life sciences. Dinosaurs can also be used as a vehicle to communicate ideas on subjects as diverse as molecular biology and geophysics. Short Course notes prepared from the lectures are being distributed at cost. NSF is funding the travel costs for the speakers with the balance of the costs covered by sponsoring societies.