Improved Instruction for Undergraduate Ecology Laboratories

该项目旨在改进生态学课程的实验室部分。新的实验室练习加强了这门课程，该项目本身允许包括两个关于水生采样技术的实验室，以及一个使用便携式光合作用系统的初级生产力实验室。正在进行计算机模拟来运行实验室，学生们以小组形式工作，视频显微镜和视频系统让学生接触到各种各样的采样程序和栖息地分析。预计该项目还将大大加强该机构在生态学和进化生物学方面的其他课程。

This project is designed to improve the laboratory component of the ecology course. New laboratory exercises have enhanced the course and the project itself is allowing the inclusion of two laboratories on aquatic sampling techniques, and a laboratory on primary productivity using a portable photosynthesis system. Computer simulations are being conducted to run laboratories with students working in teams, and videomicroscopy and video systems expose students to a wide variety of sampling procedures and habitat analyses. It is also expected that the project will significantly enhance other courses in ecology and evolutionary biology at the institution.