Request for Two Environmental Growth Chambers

由于人类的活动，大气中二氧化碳和紫外线辐射水平的增加等全球环境的显著变化正在迅速发生。探索全球环境的变化和确定物种如何在这种变化下发挥作用和适应是生理生态学的两个基本领域，具有理论和实际应用。圣何塞州立大学生物系在其本科和研究生课程中强调保护和生态，这可以通过探索全球环境变化对植物生长的影响来加强。本部门的环境生长箱使用时间超过25年，经常发生故障。我们的许多学生都是第一代学生，他们的第一语言不是英语，他们可能会从“做”相关和有趣的科学活动中受益。这里提出的环境增长研究，探讨未来预测的气候变化对植物生长的影响，将使学生有机会在使用先进技术设备的同时，以一种有意义的方式探索全球变化的概念。生长室实验将提供不完全依赖语言技能的评估模式。该系的一个主要项目是为本科理科学生在大学预科阶段的科学教学做准备。本系科学教学的主要目标之一是确保学生培养积极的科学态度，熟悉科学设备的使用。在不同的气候环境中种植植物将强调学习科学的综合方法，并将允许学生在受控环境中探索自然现象。

Marked changes in global environments such as increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and ultraviolet radiation are rapidly occurring as a result of man's actions. Explorations of changes in global environments and determining how species may function and adapt under such changes are two fundamental areas of physiological ecology with theoretical and practical applications. The Biology Department at San Jose State University has a conservation and ecological emphasis in its undergraduate and graduate curricula which can be enhanced with studies exploring the effects of changing global environments on plant growth. The environmental growth chambers in this department are over 25 years old and are subject to frequent breakdowns. Many of our students are first generation students who do not have English as their first language and are likely to benefit from "doing" science activities that are relevant and interesting. The environmental growth studies proposed here which explore Future predicted climatic changes on plant growth will give students the opportunity to explore, in a meaningful way, concepts of global changes while using advanced technological equipment. The growth chamber experiments will provide assessment modes which do not rely solely on language skills. A major program in this department is the preparation of undergraduate science students for science teaching at the pre-college level. One of the major goals associated with science instruction in this department is to ensure that students develop positive attitudes to doing science and become comfortable with the use of scientific equipment. Growing plants in different climatic environments will stress the integrated approach to learning science and will allow students to explore natural phenomena in controlled environments.