Rediscovering Botany in the Undergraduate Curriculum ThroughPlant Growth Experimentation

通过植物生长实验在本科课程中重新发现植物学

• 批准号: 9151092
• 负责人: James Luken
• 金额: $ 2.84万
• 依托单位: Northern Kentucky University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-04-15 至 1993-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9151092&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rediscovering; Botany; Undergraduate; Curriculum; ThroughPlant

This project will upgrade the teaching of basic botanical science in the following courses: General Botany, Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, and Independent Research. The endeavor is contingent upon equipping an undergraduate research laboratory where students can gather to plan research, carryout research, and then analyze data. Nine laboratory exercises are planned around the general theme of environment/plant-growth interaction. Three lighted environmental growth chambers, two incubators, and two laminar flow hoods are requested so students can grow plants, culture tissue, and germinate seeds under controlled conditions. This collection of environmental control equipment will challenge students to design simple experiments, identify and control important variables, and then take meaningful measurements of photo-thesis. A drying oven and a digital balance are required for tissue processing. A computer system is requested for data analysis and dissemination of research results. As a result of laboratory research using this equipment, hopefully more of our students will pursue botany, agronomy, or forestry at the graduate level.

该项目将提升植物学基础课程的教学水平：普通植物学、植物生态学、植物生理学和独立研究。这一努力取决于装备一个本科生研究实验室，学生可以在那里聚集起来计划研究、进行研究，然后分析数据。围绕环境/植物-生长相互作用这一总主题，计划进行九项实验室练习。需要三个有灯光的环境生长室、两个孵化器和两个层流罩，以便学生能够在受控条件下种植植物、培养组织和萌发种子。这套环境控制设备将挑战学生设计简单的实验，识别和控制重要的变量，然后进行有意义的摄影论文测量。组织处理需要一个烘干炉和一个数字天平。需要一个计算机系统来进行数据分析和传播研究成果。作为使用这种设备的实验室研究的结果，希望我们更多的学生将在研究生水平上学习植物学、农学或林业。