Digital Laboratory Tools: Integrating Computers into Geoscience Laboratories

作为未来的科学家和公民，学生知道如何使用和评估量化数据是很重要的。虽然计算机的速度和图形能力使它们成为此类任务的理想选择，但很少有学生在这种情况下使用它们。该部门正在为一个本科生地球科学实验室配备七台便携式计算机，这些计算机将联网在一起。这些仪器的大小和重量与显微镜差不多，将以类似的方式使用--作为通用的“数字”实验室工具，将被整合到地球科学课程的所有级别的实验室中，包括大型入门课程，该课程有很大比例的非理科专业学生注册。这些大学捐赠的金额相当于该奖项。

As future scientists and citizens, it is important for students to know how to work with and evaluate quantitative data. While the speed and graphical capabilities of computers make them ideal for such tasks, few students have used them in this context. The department is equipping an undergraduate geoscience laboratory with seven portable computers that will be networked together. About the same size and weight as a microscope, these instruments are to be used in a similar fashion - as general purpose "digital" laboratory tools which will be integrated into laboratories at all levels of the geoscience curriculum, including the large introductory course that has a large proportion of non-science majors enrolled. The colleges are contributing an amount equal to the award.