Investigative Ecology: Long-term Field Experiments in Undergraduate Labs

研究生态学：本科生实验室的长期现场实验

• 批准号: 0126824
• 负责人: Carol Goodwillie
• 金额: $ 5.02万
• 依托单位: East Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-02-01 至 2005-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126824&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigative; Ecology; Long; term; Field

Biological Sciences (61)This project is developing a new long-term experimental site that will serve as a focus for undergraduate ecology at East Carolina University (ECU). The ecology laboratory required for biology majors has been based on a series of outdated "cookbook" experiments and field trips, and lacked opportunities for investigative learning. We are developing a course that has relevance and value for all biology students at ECU, the majority of whom will pursue careers in health or biotechnology. We are modeling our project after a successful project at Southern Illinois University, and taking advantage of ECU's recent acquisition of 600 acres of land near campus. The project has three educational objectives: 1) to enhance learning of ecologicalconcepts; 2) to teach skills in data management and analysis; and 3) to promote an understanding of ecological principles that will inform students as future citizens. The sites illustrate important processes in community ecology that can be observed only on a long time scale. The accumulation of a valuable long-term data set will provide a wealth of opportunities for students to explore tools for data management and interpretation. We are working with the students to present and publish the data, and develop a nationally accessible website for the project (linked to the ESA website). Once the sites are established, we will encourage other ECU faculty, other North Carolina universities, and local K-12 schools to participate in the project.

生物科学（61）该项目正在开发一个新的长期实验场地，将作为东卡罗莱纳大学（ECU）本科生生态学的重点。生物学专业所要求的生态学实验一直是基于一系列过时的“食谱”实验和实地考察，缺乏研究性学习的机会。我们正在开发一门课程，对ECU的所有生物学学生都具有相关性和价值，其中大多数人将从事健康或生物技术方面的职业。我们正在模拟我们的项目后，在南伊利诺伊大学的一个成功的项目，并利用ECU的最近收购的600英亩的土地附近的校园。该项目有三个教育目标：（1）加强对生态概念的学习;（2）教授数据管理和分析技能;（3）促进对生态原则的理解，使学生成为未来的公民。这些地点说明了只有在很长一段时间内才能观察到的群落生态学的重要过程。有价值的长期数据集的积累将为学生提供丰富的机会来探索数据管理和解释的工具。我们正在与学生合作，介绍和发布数据，并为该项目开发一个全国可访问的网站（与欧空局网站链接）。一旦网站建立，我们将鼓励其他ECU教师，其他北卡罗来纳州大学，和当地的K-12学校参与该项目。