Integrated Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy in Multidisciplinary Curricula in Classroom and Field Settings

这个建议解决了本科科学教育的两个弱点。传统的自然科学教育缺乏跨学科的联系。该提案旨在通过增加新课程和利用扫描电子显微镜（SEM）作为环境科学新多学科项目的一部分的新实验室练习来加强布鲁姆斯堡大学自然科学的跨学科教育。2)海洋科学的跨学科项目已经在沃勒普斯岛海洋科学中心（WIMSC）教授，布鲁姆斯堡大学是该中心的成员。该中心是夏季课程和学生和教师研究的实地研究站，但作为传统的实地研究站，它缺乏先进的分析设备。扫描电镜的增加将提供一个独特的机会，在现场设置应用分析技术。该提案要求为购买一个紧凑的SEM模型提供资金，该模型将在布卢姆斯堡校区学年期间用于新环境科学课程的实验室练习，以及生物和地质学课程的其他课程的实验室，以及学生研究。在夏季的几个月里，这台机器将在WIMSC使用，主要用于多学科海洋科学课程的教学。这一课程创新的必然选择是经济管理，因为它成功地融入了本科教育的各个学科。L. S. Chumbley等人，《一种新的范例——多用户扫描电子显微镜》，《显微镜杂志》，1995年9月。J.H. Wandersee，“生物仪器：理解生命的工具”，美国国家生物教师协会（雷斯顿，弗吉尼亚州：1996年）。o G.E. Sosinsky等人，“电子显微镜拓展计划：一个基于网络的研究和教育资源”，《结构生物学杂志》，1999年第125卷，第246-252页。6 P.D. Crowley和J.T. Cheney，“在大学生矿物学中使用微探针（SEM/EDS）”，《美国地质学会文摘》，第25卷，第25期。1993年第6期，第347-348页。以下是在学生研究项目中使用扫描电镜方法的例子：o C. Jones，“更新世和近期变凝粘土的微结构分析”，美国地质学会文摘，第26卷，第26期。1994年3月，第27页。(3)王晓明，“冰湖沉积结构的成因研究”，《沉积研究》，1998年第6卷，第1 - 4页。

Interdisciplinary (99)This proposal addresses two weaknesses in undergraduate science education. 1) Traditional education in the natural sciences suffers from a lack of interdisciplinary linkages. This proposal seeks to enhance interdisciplinary education in the natural sciences at Bloomsburg University through the addition of new courses and new laboratory exercises utilizing Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) as part of a new, multidisciplinary program in Environmental Sciences. 2) An interdisciplinary program of Marine Science is already taught at the Wallops Island Marine Science Center (WIMSC), of which Bloomsburg University is a member. This center is a field station for summer courses and student and faculty research, but as a traditional field station, it lacks sophisticated analytical equipment. The addition of a SEM will provide a unique opportunity to employ analytical techniques in a field setting. This proposal requests funds for the purchase of a compact model of SEM that will be used on the Bloomsburg campus during the academic year for laboratory exercises in the new Environmental Sciences curriculum, as well as for labs in other courses in the Biology and Geology curricula, and for student research. During the summer months, the machine will be used at the WIMSC, primarily for instruction in the multidisciplinary Marine Science curriculum. The SEM is a logical choice for this curricular innovation because of its successful incorporation in undergraduate education in a variety of disciplines. The ways that the SEM is being used in the classroom and field has been influenced by: o L. S. Chumbley et. al., "A New Paradigm - Multi-user Scanning Electron Microscopy," Journal of Microscopy, September 1995. o J.H. Wandersee, "Bioinstrumentation: Tools for Understanding Life," National Association of Biology Teachers (Reston, VA: 1996). o G.E. Sosinsky et. al., "The Electron Microsopy Outreach Program: A Web-based Resource for Research & Education," Journal of STructural Biology, Vol. 125, 1999, pp. 246-252. o P.D. Crowley and J.T. Cheney, "Using the Microprobe (SEM/EDS) in Undergraduate Mineralogy," Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 25, no. 6, 1993, pp. 347-348.The following are examples of ways that the SEM will be used in student research projects: o C. Jones, "Microfabric Analysis of Pleistocene and Recent Varved Clays," Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 26, no. 3, 1994, p. 27. o N.R. O'Brien and S. Pietraszek-Mattner, "Origin of the Fabric of Laminated Fine-grained Glaciolacustrine Deposts," Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol. 68, 1998, pp. 832-840.