Simulations Laboratory for Undergraduate Geography Instruction

本科生地理教学模拟实验室

• 批准号: 9750432
• 负责人: Thomas Wikle
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Oklahoma State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 1999-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9750432&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Simulations; Laboratory; Undergraduate; Geography; Instruction

This project is targeted at the development of an undergraduate laboratory for geographic and environmental simulations. The equipment is being used by students enrolled in general education courses, by geography majors, and by students from other programs taking courses in cultural geography, physical geography, meteorology, climatology, urban planning, and field techniques/geodata collection. The new equipment includes student computer stations, simulation software, and Internet resources that grant network accessibility to data. Implementation of this program is greatly increasing the opportunities for undergraduates to conduct hands-on simulations of a wide variety of geographic and environmental processes including climate change; the effects of birth, death, and migration rates on population; mountain building and continental movement processes; and surface water movement. Recently, collected environmental data is being used to make simulations as real as possible. The project is emphasizing the use of simulations as a means of reinforcing connections across major disciplinary boundaries such as biology, geology, and planning. In addition to providing a unique experience for both general education students and undergraduates enrolled in nontechnical geography courses, the equipment is being made available for undergraduate students to participate in supervised research activities. *

该项目的目标是建立一个地理和环境模拟的本科生实验室。 这些设备正由普通教育课程的学生、地理专业的学生以及其他课程的学生使用，这些课程包括文化地理学、自然地理学、气象学、气候学、城市规划和实地技术/地理数据收集。 新设备包括学生计算机站、模拟软件和互联网资源，这些资源使网络可以访问数据。 该计划的实施大大增加了本科生进行各种地理和环境过程的动手模拟的机会，包括气候变化;出生，死亡和迁移率对人口的影响;造山运动和大陆运动过程;和地表水运动。 最近，收集的环境数据被用来使模拟尽可能的真实的。 该项目强调使用模拟作为加强跨主要学科边界（如生物学，地质学和规划）联系的一种手段。 除了为普通教育学生和非技术地理课程的本科生提供独特的体验外，还为本科生提供设备，供他们参加监督下的研究活动。 *