Cedar Creek Natural History Area Science and Outreach Facility

雪松溪自然历史区科学和外展设施

• 批准号: 0434831
• 负责人: David Tilman
• 金额: $ 28.5万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2007-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0434831&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cedar; Creek; Natural; History; Area

A grant has been awarded to University of Minnesota-Twin Cities under the direction of Dr. David Tilman, to construct a 3600-square-foot research, outreach and education facility for the Cedar Creek Natural History Area (CCNHA). The proposed facility will meet the most immediate and crucial needs of the CCNHA including a large flexible meeting room with movable partitions to accommodate research, outreach, and teaching needs; a public reception area for outreach activities; and office space for research and outreach personnel. The full meeting room would handle scientific symposia, weekly seminars, large outreach presentations and other gatherings (up to 160 people) that present facilities cannot accommodate. Much of the time the room would be divided, by partitions, into three rooms (each being 530 square feet) that would provide dry laboratory space for such research needs as plant sorting and soil preparation, and classroom and small meeting room space for outreach and educational activities. The new facility will play a significant role in training the next generation of scientists, in educating teachers and journalists, and in communicating the results and implications of research results with the general public. The increasing relevance of ecological science to understanding and managing a human-dominated planet demands a synthesis of research, education and outreach. The new Cedar Creek facility will allow and encourage this synthesis by providing space for public outreach activities, space for training teachers and journalists, and space for enhancing the experiences of the of 60 to 70 undergraduates interns who train at Cedar Creek each year. All of these individuals, who would gain hands-on knowledge of science, would carry their experiences into their lives and careers, enhancing the role of science in their endeavors.

在大卫·蒂尔曼博士的指导下，明尼苏达大学双子城分校获得了一笔赠款，用于在雪松溪自然历史区(CCNHA)建造一个3600平方英尺的研究、推广和教育设施。拟议的设施将满足CCNHA最直接和最重要的需求，包括一个带有可移动隔板的大型灵活会议室，以满足研究、外联和教学需求；一个用于外联活动的公共接待区；以及供研究和外联人员使用的办公空间。整个会议室将处理现有设施无法容纳的科学研讨会、每周研讨会、大型外联演讲和其他聚会(最多160人)。在许多情况下，会议室将被隔成三个房间(每个530平方英尺)，以提供干燥的实验室空间，以满足植物分类和土壤准备等研究需要，并为外联和教育活动提供教室和小会议室空间。新设施将在培训下一代科学家、教育教师和记者以及与公众交流研究成果和影响方面发挥重要作用。生态科学与理解和管理人类主导的星球的相关性日益增强，需要综合研究、教育和宣传。新的锡达克里克设施将允许和鼓励这种综合，为公共外联活动提供空间，为培训教师和记者提供空间，并提供空间加强学生的经验，每年有60至70名本科生实习生在锡达克里克接受培训。所有这些人，谁将获得实践的科学知识，将把他们的经验带入他们的生活和职业生涯，加强科学在他们的努力中的作用。