Instrumentation to Enhance Instruction and Undergraduate Research in Plant Physiology and Ecology

稳态气孔仪的获得，便携式叶面积 便携式光合作用系统及其附件 这些仪器加上便携式计算机将提供 学生有机会利用最先进的 测量和分析增长、生产力 以及大一、大三和大四的光合作用数据 实验室课程旨在教授植物生理和 生态学原则以及加强本科生的研究 植物科学的项目。 实验的设计是这样的， 学生们用新的仪器 蒸腾作用，叶面积和光合作用的测量， 不同的植物生长在各种不同的 实验室和现场的环境条件。 在 每次实验，仪器将提供一种方法， 学生可以：（1）制定和测试相关的假设 重要的生理和生态概念;（2）获得 拥有最先进设备的实际操作经验;（3） 进行实验，加强重要的 生理和生态学原理;（4）检查适当的 实验设计方法;（5）获得第一手经验 在收集、分析和解释科学知识方面， （6）科学实验报告 日志格式。

The acquisition of a steady state porometer, portable leaf area meter, portable photosynthesis system, and accessories for these instruments plus a portable computer will provide the students with an opportunity to utilize state-of-the-art instrumentation to measure and analyze growth, productivity, and photosynthesis data in freshman, junior, and senior laboratory courses designed to teach plant physiological and ecological principles as well as enhance undergraduate research projects in the plant sciences. Experiments are designed so that students use the new instrumentation to make transpiration, leaf area, and photosynthetic measurements on a number of different plants grown under a variety of different environmental conditions in both the laboratory and field. In each experiment the instrumentation will provide a means by which students can: (1) formulate and test hypotheses related to important physiological and ecological concepts; (2) gain hands-on experience with state-of-the-art equipment; (3) conduct experimentation which reinforces important physiological and ecological principles; (4) examine the proper methods of experimental design; (5) gain first-hand experience in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of scientific data; and (6) report on the experimentation in a scientific journal format.