Application Of Video-Probe Microscopy To Biology Teaching

视频探针显微镜在生物学教学中的应用

• 批准号: 9351015
• 负责人: Marshall Sundberg
• 金额: $ 3.8万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-06-15 至 1996-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9351015&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Application; Video; Probe; Microscopy; Biology

A revolutionary teaching microscope will be introduced into the introductory biology laboratory classroom as part of a major revision of the curriculum. The efficiency and dramatic effect of this instrument has been demonstrated in a pilot project, Exploring Microstructures: Introducing Biology Students and Teachers to Images, Tools and Applications of High-Tech Microscopy. The technologically-advanced microscope consists of a tiny, hand-held, self-illuminated video camera with interchangeable magnifying lenses attached by a fiber optics cable to a television monitor. By touching the tip of the lens to any object under scrutiny, a user of any age or ability immediately produces a well-lighted, in-focus image of the appropriate magnification on a regular television monitor. This tool will improve the investigative biology laboratory for non- science majors. Video recordings can be made in the normal fashion.The number of applications that can be developed is virtually unlimited and will serve as a generator of ideas for K-12 as well as undergraduate curricula. The preliminary excitement elicited by the entry of our pilot scope into K-12 and undergraduate classrooms merits the expansion of the program into this larger scale project.

作为课程重大修订的一部分，革命性的教学显微镜将被引入生物学入门实验室课堂。该仪器的效率和显着效果已在试点项目“探索微观结构：向生物学学生和教师介绍高科技显微镜的图像、工具和应用”中得到了证明。这种技术先进的显微镜由一个微型手持式自发光摄像机组成，摄像机带有可互换的放大镜，通过光纤电缆连接到电视监视器。通过将镜头尖端接触到任何被观察的物体，任何年龄或能力的用户都会立即在常规电视监视器上产生适当放大倍数的明亮、清晰的图像。该工具将改善非科学专业学生的研究生物学实验室。视频录制可以按照正常方式进行。可以开发的应用程序数量几乎是无限的，并将成为 K-12 以及本科课程的创意生成器。我们的试点范围进入 K-12 和本科生课堂所引起的初步兴奋值得将该计划扩展到这个更大规模的项目。