Increasing Geohydrology/Geochemistry Input into Science Curricula Through Integrated Field/Laboratory Studies

一个长期项目正在调查地下水、湿地和池塘中发生的水文和化学变化，因为校园里的一个新高尔夫球场从一个新种子演变成一个成熟的球场。该项目要求学生学习地质水文、地球化学、野外方法、沉积地层学、地貌学和冰川地质学等课程。每个班的学生执行项目的适当部分。微生物学专业的学生研究了选定农药的微生物降解，他们直接从这个项目中受益。该数据集在其他科学课程中用作正在进行的环境评估项目的本地示例。鼓励地质、生物、化学、健康科学和自然资源管理专业的学生通过独立的研究项目参与项目。该项目的主要目标是通过提供“动手”和应用科学经验来加强地球科学项目。同时，该项目在科学之间建立了一个跨学科的桥梁。此外，该项目(1)让学生在他们的校园进行环境研究，(2)使他们能够帮助确保大学高尔夫球场不会对环境产生不利影响，以及(3)为科学界和公众提供与高尔夫球场老化有关的地表水和地下水的地质水文和地球化学演变的宝贵数据。购买的设备（如挖洞机、水采样系统、压力计、水分析套件和现场计算机）也增加了地质系的整体设备持有量，从而使参与其他项目的地质学学生受益。

9451560 Videtich A long-term project is investigating hydrologic and chemical changes that occur in ground water, wetlands, and ponds as a new golf course on the campus evolves from a newly-seeded to a well-established course. This project involves students taking geohydrology, geochemistry, field methods, sedimentation-stratigraphy, geomorphology, and glacial geology courses. Students in each class perform an appropriate part of the project. Microbial degradation of selected pesticides is studied by students in microbiology, who benefit directly from the project. The data set is used in other science courses as a local example of an environmental assessment project in progress. Geology, biology, chemistry, health sciences and natural resources management students are encouraged to take part in the project through independent research projects. The primary goal of the project is to enhance earth science programs through providing a "hands on" and applied science experience. At the same time, the project creates an interdisciplinary bridge between the sciences. In addition, the project (1) involves students in an environmental study located on their campus, (2) enables them to help assure that the university golf course will not adversely affect the environment, and (3) provides valuable data to the scientific community and the public on the evolution of the geohydrology and geochemistry of ground and surface water associated with the aging of a golf course. The equipment purchased (e.g., hole digger, water sampling systems, piezometer, water analysis kits, and field computer) also enhances the overall equipment holdings of the geology department and thereby benefits geology students involved in other projects.