A Project-Based Environmental Field Study Course: Equipment Request

佐治亚理工学院的地球和大气科学学院最近开始攻读理科学士学位，为下一代地球和大气科学家提供严格的技术教育。该项目的一个主要目标是为各种环境领域的职业生涯做好专业准备。我们围绕以下标准设计了一门核心和顶峰课程--环境实地研究：(1)它将直接处理自然世界和真实的环境问题；(2)它将展示和加强在正规课程工作中学到的科学原理；(3)它将强调个人和/或团队调查；(4)设备和程序将与学生在其职业生涯中可能遇到的设备和程序相媲美；(5)它将利用该领域专业人士的专业知识；(6)学生将在项目的所有方面发挥主动性，从发现问题到发表研究结果。资金将用于购买探地雷达系统和地形电导系统，用于本科实验室和实地课程，使我们能够实现这些目标。

The School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology has recently initiated a B.S. degree to provide a technically rigorous education for the next generation of earth and atmospheric scientists. One major goal of this program is to prepare majors for careers in a variety of environmental fields. We have designed a core and capstone course, Environmental Field Study, around the following criteria: (1) it will deal directly with the natural world and real environmental problems; (2) it will demonstrate and reinforce scientific principles learned in formal course work; (3) it will stress individual and/or team investigations; (4) equipment and procedures will be comparable to those likely to be encountered by students during their careers; (5) it will utilize the expertise of professionals in the field; and (6) students will take initiative in all aspects of the projects, from problem recognition to publication of findings. Funds will be used to purchase a ground penetrating radar system and a terrain conductivity system to be used in undergraduate laboratory and field courses which will enable us to fulfill these goals.