Field Equipment for an Interdisciplinary Course in Environmental Hydrology

环境水文学跨学科课程的现场设备

• 批准号: 9650099
• 负责人: Hobart King
• 金额: $ 2.15万
• 依托单位: Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650099&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Field; Equipment; Interdisciplinary; Course; Environmental

In this project, current meters, portable water laboratories, and well monitoring equipment are being used to enhance student experiences in undergraduate hydrology. Within 5 years, the project may benefit over 125 students in environmental science and earth and space science education. This curriculum improvement is providing students with important experience in collecting and interpreting hydrologic data, using the data in decision-making processes, and communicating technical information in practical writings. The final course project is to characterize streams draining areas of variable land-use and geology in a small drainage basin near the campus. Student teams design a study, collect data, and interpret results, their goal being to determine major factors that influence the quality of surface and ground waters in the basin. Results can be communicated in the form of poster sessions and briefings. With diverse backgrounds in biology, earth science, and geography, each student can contribute a unique set of skills and knowledge to the team effort. These laboratory experiences are of particular importance to the preparation of pre-service teachers. Learning exercises in environmental hydrology will provide training in both scientific content and the process of scientific investigation that will serve these students throughout their teaching careers.

在这个项目中，流速计、便携式水实验室和井监测设备被用来提高学生在本科水文学方面的经验。在5年内，该项目将使超过125名环境科学和地球与空间科学教育学生受益。这一课程改进为学生提供了收集和解释水文数据、在决策过程中使用数据以及在实际写作中交流技术信息的重要经验。最后的课程项目是描述校园附近一个小流域中不同土地利用和地质的溪流排水区域。学生团队设计一项研究，收集数据，并解释结果，他们的目标是确定影响盆地地表水和地下水质量的主要因素。结果可以以海报会议和简报的形式进行交流。每个学生都有不同的生物、地球科学和地理背景，可以为团队贡献一套独特的技能和知识。这些实验室经验对培养职前教师尤为重要。环境水文学的学习练习将提供科学内容和科学调查过程的培训，这将为这些学生的整个教学生涯提供服务。