Instructional Equipment for Fieldwork in Physical and Environmental Geography

这个机构服务于非传统的学生群体，返校的成年人、兼职学生、女性和少数族裔的比例很高。这些学生中的许多人对自然环境几乎没有经验，对科学知识也很少，特别是在传统的实验室环境之外。这个项目的重点是使用相对简单的仪器向广泛的学生介绍野外科学的目的和方法，如在自然和环境地理学中的实践。该项目购买的基本仪器足以教授自然/环境地理学的每个主要分领域的实地方法，包括气候学、水文学、地貌学、土壤和生物地理学。正在扩大现有课程的实地教学，包括入门课程和高级课程。扩大的教学使教授一门新的实地方法课程成为可能，并为地理实地教学开发了非传统途径，包括与校园内其他部门的跨学科课程以及为中小学地理教师举办的讲习班。这项实地培训正在向一系列不同的城市本科生介绍野外科学在自然环境中的方法和好处。此外，它还包括环境的方方面面，鼓励学生考虑环境的相互依存和反馈。最后，它正在为对环境岗位感兴趣的地理专业学生提供应用培训。*

This institution serves a nontraditional student population with high proportions of returning adults, part-time students, women, and minorities. Many of these students have little experience with natural environments and little knowledge of science, particularly outside the traditional laboratory setting. The focus of this project is the use of relatively simple instrumentation to introduce a wide spectrum of students to the aims and methods of field science, as practiced in physical and environmental geography. The project is purchasing basic instrumentation sufficient to teach field methods in each of the major subfields of physical/environmental geography, including climatology, hydrology, geomorphology, soils, and biogeography. Field instruction in existing courses, both introductory and advanced, is being expanded. The expanded instruction makes it possible to teach a new course in field methods and to develop nontraditional avenues for geographic field instruction, including interdisciplinary courses with other departments on campus and workshops for teachers of geography in primary and secondary schools. This field training is introducing a diverse array of urban undergraduates to the methods and benefits of field science in natural settings. Moreover, it includes all facets of environment, encouraging students to consider environmental interdependencies and feedbacks. Finally, it is providing applied training to geography majors interested in the environmental positions. *