CAWS: Collaboration through Appalachian Watershed Studies

生物科学（61）。CCLI适应和实施II型项目支持来自五个州的六个阿巴拉契亚地区机构的合作（Ferrum学院，King学院，Sewanee：南大学，Lindsey Wilson学院，西弗吉尼亚卫斯理学院和Montreat学院），他们正在寻求通过合作研究各自学院附近的流域来加强他们的实地科学产品。该项目通过采用小流域研究方法，提供共享课程（通过在线小流域研究实验室手册（eManual））、电子数据共享以及参与由各校区设备齐全的实地站点支持的跨站点合作学生研究项目，解决了让学生参与基于探究的实践实验活动的需求。除了以探究为基础的实验室练习（以LTER和GLOBE活动为模型）和参与所有流域站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，并在网上和学生研究研讨会上分享他们的发现。教员也在教员发展讲习班上接受设备和方法使用方面的培训。这个项目可以作为其他小型本科院校的一个模式，希望通过环境或实地研究的合作方式来改善学生的学习。

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.