CAWS: Collaboration through Appalachian Watershed Studies

生物科学(61)。CCLI适应和实施类型II项目支持来自五个州(费勒姆学院、国王学院、西瓦尼：南方大学、林赛·威尔逊学院、西弗吉尼亚卫斯理学院和蒙特雷特学院)的六个阿巴拉契亚地区机构的合作，这些机构正在寻求通过对各自学院附近的分水岭进行合作研究来加强其实地科学服务。该项目通过采用小型分水岭研究方法--提供共享课程(通过《小分水岭研究在线实验室手册》(EMANAL))、电子数据共享，以及参与由每个校园设备齐全的实地站点支持的跨站点协作学生研究项目，解决了让学生参与以实际探究为基础的实验活动的必要性。除了基于探究的实验室练习(模仿LTER和GLOBAL活动)，以及参与所有分水岭地点的共同研究项目外，学生还可以进行个人设计的实地研究，在网上和学生研究研讨会上分享他们的研究结果。教师还在教师发展研讨会上接受使用设备和方法的培训。该项目可以作为其他希望通过环境或实地研究的合作方法改善学生学习的小型本科生机构的样板。

Biological Science (61). This CCLI Adaptation and Implementation Type II project supports the collaboration of six regional Appalachian institutions from five states (Ferrum College, King College, Sewanee: The University of the South, Lindsey Wilson College, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Montreat College) who are seeking to strengthen their field science offerings by the collaborative study of watersheds near their respective colleges. The project addresses the need to engage students in hands-on inquiry-based experimental activities through the adoption of a small watershed research approach -- providing shared curricula (via an online Lab Manual for Small Watershed Studies (eManual)), electronic data sharing, and participation in cross-site collaborative student research projects supported by fully equipped field sites at each campus. In addition to inquiry-based laboratory exercises (modeled after LTER and GLOBE activities), and participation in a common research project across all watershed sites, students may conduct personally designed field studies, sharing their findings online and at a student research symposium. Instructors also receive training in the use of the equipment and methodology at faculty development workshops. This project may serve as a model for other small undergraduate institutions hoping to improve student learning via a collaborative approach to environmental or field studies.