Integrating XRD Analysis into the Undergraduate Earth Sciences Curriculum at San Diego State University

将 XRD 分析纳入圣地亚哥州立大学地球科学本科课程

• 批准号: 0087052
• 负责人: Gary Girty
• 金额: $ 6.86万
• 依托单位: San Diego State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-15 至 2002-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0087052&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrating; XRD; Analysis; into; Undergraduate

A modern XRD instrument that is user-friendly, resilient, allows sophomore students to engage actively in elementary research projects in mineralogy and petrology and is enabling the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University to revise its sophomore-level curriculum to include more opportunities for hands-on, inquiry based, activities. Research experiences are being introduced at this level, and students are being taught how to formulate testable hypotheses, construct relevant experiments, analyze results, and present conclusions through written and/or oral reports. In addition, the XRD is enhancing the department's existing program of outreach to public school teachers and students. This project is an adaptation of Professor Wendy Bohrson's NSF funded program at Central Washington University.

一个现代XRD仪器，是用户友好，弹性，使大二学生积极从事矿物学和岩石学的基础研究项目，并使地质科学在圣地亚哥州立大学的部门，以修改其学士学位课程，包括更多的动手，调查为基础的活动的机会。在这一级引入研究经验，并教授学生如何制定可检验的假设，构建相关实验，分析结果，并通过书面和/或口头报告提出结论。此外，XRD正在加强该部门现有的面向公立学校教师和学生的外联方案。这个项目是中央华盛顿大学Wendy Bohrson教授的NSF资助项目的改编。