Enhanced Multimedia Laboratory in Earth System Science

地球系统科学（ESS）的综合学术、研究和推广计划正在通过ESS实验室的增强而继续得到加强。地球系统科学是对地球作为一个系统及其组成部分的跨学科研究，包括大气、海洋区域、生物和水力循环、地理特征、它们的相互作用和演变。开设地球系统科学课程的总体动机是让大学的大部分教师和学生接触到这门学科的多学科性质，同时增加少数民族学生在这一领域和相关领域从事职业的人数。目前正在进一步发展和装备一个实验室，该实验室用于最近开发的题为“地球系统科学概论”的课程。本课程针对(1)有兴趣从事ESS职业或有兴趣更多地了解他们所生活的环境的一年级和二年级学生，(2)最终将在我们国家的课堂上教学的小学和中学教育专业学生，以及(3)需要实验室科学课程以满足学士学位要求的学生。所要求的设备，即教育开发工作站，允许在我们正在开发的地球系统科学项目中包含交互式的、基于多媒体的教学模块。

9451723 Stephenson-Hawk The comprehensive academic, research, and outreach program in Earth System Science (ESS) is continuing to be strengthened through the enhancement of the ESS laboratory. Earth System Science is the interdisciplinary study of the earth, as a system, and its component parts, which include the atmosphere, maritime regions, biological and hydraulic cycles, and geographic features, their interaction and evolution. The overall motivation for a program of study in Earth System Science is to expose a large segment of the University's faculty and students to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject while simultaneously increasing the numbers of minority students pursuing careers in this and related areas. A laboratory that is used to accompany a recently developed course entitled "Introduction to Earth System Sciences" is being further developed and equipped. This course targets (1) first and second year students that are interested in pursuing ESS careers or are interested in learning more about the environment in which they live, (2) elementary and secondary education majors that will eventually teach in our nation's classrooms, and (3) students that need a laboratory science course to fulfill their requirements for a bachelor's degree. The requested equipment, coined, educational development workstations, allows the inclusion of interactive, multimedia based teaching modules in our developing Earth System Science program.