The French Creek Watershed Research Program

法国溪流域研究计划

• 批准号: 0126808
• 负责人: Rachel O'Brien
• 金额: $ 16.64万
• 依托单位: Allegheny College
• 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: 2002-03-15 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126808&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: French; Creek; Watershed; Research; Program

Interdisciplinary (99)Training undergraduate students to examine the complex interrelationships within our natural earth system requires improved collaboration across academic disciplines. In this project, Allegheny College faculty from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, and Geology are developing the French Creek Watershed (FCW) Research Program to provide an interdisciplinary approach to undergraduate natural science coursework and research. The instrumentation acquired is enabling solid and solution-phase analysis of critical biotic and abiotic watershed components. The FCW Research Program: 1) is using new analytical equipment to strengthen field investigations in undergraduate science classes at all instructional levels; 2) enhancing the caliber of student/faculty research within the College by markedly improving analytical capability and accuracy; 3) creating a program website, linked to a geographic information system (GIS), to serve as a centralized, institutional database for watershed information collected in courses and from student/faculty research efforts at Allegheny. The effort is an adaptation of a similar program at Shippensberg University. This program is enhancing the intellectual vigor of both undergraduate students and faculty by: 1) improving analytical capability for coursework and research; 2) developing critical thinking and scientific skills within a regional watershed setting; and 3) fostering an interdisciplinary perspective in coursework and research via collaboration among disciplines. Dissemination of program design and results via the website, conference presentations, and publications will facilitate similar cooperative, interdisciplinary approaches at other institutions.

跨学科（99）培训本科生研究我们的自然地球系统内的复杂的相互关系，需要改善跨学科的合作。在这个项目中，来自生物学，化学，环境科学和地质学系的阿勒格尼学院教师正在开发法国河流域（FCW）研究计划，为本科自然科学课程和研究提供跨学科的方法。获得的仪器能够对关键的生物和非生物流域成分进行固相和液相分析。FCW研究计划：1）使用新的分析设备，以加强实地调查在本科科学类在所有教学水平; 2）提高学生/教师的研究在学院的水平，通过显着提高分析能力和准确性; 3）创建一个程序网站，链接到地理信息系统（GIS），作为一个集中的，在课程中收集的流域信息，并从学生/教师的研究工作在阿勒格尼机构数据库。这项工作是对希彭斯堡大学一个类似项目的改编。该计划通过以下方式提高本科生和教师的智力活力：1）提高课程和研究的分析能力; 2）在区域分水岭环境中培养批判性思维和科学技能; 3）通过学科间的合作培养课程和研究的跨学科视角。通过网站、会议报告和出版物传播项目设计和结果，将促进其他机构采取类似的跨学科合作方法。