Introduction of Spectroradiometry into the Undergraduate Marine Science Curriculum and Special Programs at the Shannon Point Marine Center

将光谱辐射测量引入香农角海洋中心的本科海洋科学课程和特别课程

• 批准号: 9650124
• 负责人: Brian Bingham
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: Western Washington University
• 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: 1996-04-15 至 1998-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650124&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Introduction; Spectroradiometry; into; Undergraduate; Marine

Through the Shannon Point Marine Center and its marine science curriculum, science majors who may pursue graduate education, community college students who are assessing their interest in pursuing marine science as a major, and advanced undergraduates participating in Shannon Point Marine Center National Undergraduate Marine Education Center (NUMEC) programs are served. NUMEC provides students from around the United States access to marine science studies at a marine center within the context of their ongoing undergraduate programs at their home institutions. Three programs operate within NUMEC: the Minorities in Marine Science Undergraduate Program, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site program, and the Fall Quarter-in-Residence. All of the programs provide undergraduates with unique opportunities to become educated in the most recent concepts in marine science, to be trained in state-of-the art techniques used in marine research, and to engage in supervised, independent research. With the spectroradiometer, students can use advanced technology to quantitatively address ecologically relevant questions ranging from UV-B effects on invertebrate larvae to influences of light quality on microbial community structure. The instrument has enormous value in teaching basic oceanographic principles previously discussed only in lectures. It is being applied in the curricula of Oceanography, Algae, Marine Ecology, Marine Invertebrate Biology, and Current Trends in Marine Science courses. The benefits of this tool, however, extend far beyond formal coursework. Given the current concern for global issues, students are increasingly interested in problems such as ozone depletion and global warming. This equipment places an exciting, computer-based research tool in the hands of undergraduates who are using it to do meaningful, imaginative research.

通过香农角海洋中心及其海洋科学课程，为可能攻读研究生教育的科学专业学生、评估自己是否有兴趣将海洋科学作为专业的社区大学生以及参加香农角海洋中心国家本科海洋教育中心（NUMEC）项目的高级本科生提供服务。NUMEC为来自美国各地的学生提供了在其本国机构正在进行的本科课程的背景下在海洋中心进行海洋科学研究的机会。NUMEC有三个项目：海洋科学本科少数民族项目、本科生研究体验项目和秋季住宿项目。所有这些项目都为本科生提供了独特的机会，让他们接受最新海洋科学概念的教育，接受海洋研究中使用的最先进技术的培训，并从事有监督的独立研究。有了分光辐射计，学生可以利用先进的技术定量地解决与生态有关的问题，从UV-B对无脊椎动物幼虫的影响到光质量对微生物群落结构的影响。该仪器在教授以前只在课堂上讨论的基本海洋学原理方面具有巨大的价值。目前正在海洋学、藻类、海洋生态学、海洋无脊椎动物生物学、海洋科学发展趋势等课程中应用。然而，这个工具的好处远远超出了正式的课程。鉴于目前对全球问题的关注，学生们对臭氧消耗和全球变暖等问题越来越感兴趣。这种设备为本科生提供了一种令人兴奋的、基于计算机的研究工具，他们正在使用它进行有意义的、富有想象力的研究。