A Field-Based Science and Education Facility at KBS

该合同为建造小型(约2500平方英尺)提供部分支持。W.K.凯洛格生物站(KBS)的建筑，用于一些实地研究和与教育有关的活动。其中的主要工作是在分析前对现场样品进行分类和准备。土壤、植物、昆虫、脊椎动物和水生动物的样本将经过分类、处理和合并，然后在大约2公里的分析实验室进行分析。在KBS的主教学楼里。此外，新大楼还将提供样本档案空间和灵活的教室空间，供学生、到访的环境专业人员、记者和公众在走访位于大楼步行距离内的实地研究地点之前向他们介绍。该结构还将用于安置计算机和通信设备，用于部署在邻近现场的现有传感器和新传感器。KBS是密歇根州立大学最大的校外单位，是美国许多对生态研究和培训产生长期影响的主要野外研究站之一。空间站在生态学和进化生物学方面有着重要的研究、教育和推广记录，并被认为是在美国中西部北部典型的演替植物群落、淡水栖息地和农业景观中工作的主要野外地点。KBS常驻和访问研究人员的研究活动在过去15年里增长到了空间资源非常紧张的地步。新大楼将加强KBS的能力，为常驻和访问的研究人员和学生提供尽可能好的生态学和进化生物学方面的研究、培训和推广，同时还为KBS的实地课程、短期课程、讲习班和主要的K-12中学科学教师培训项目提供独特的教室/实验室教学设施。

This award provides partial support for construction of a small (approximately 2500 sq.ft.) building at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) to be used for a number of field research and education-related activities. Principal among these is the sorting and preparation of field samples prior to analysis. Soil, plant, insect, vertebrate, and aquatic samples would be sorted, processed and consolidated prior to analysis in analytical laboratories located about 2 Km. away in the main KBS academic building. In addition to this, the new building would also provide sample archive space and flexible classroom space for presentations to students, visiting environmental professionals, journalists and the public prior to visits to field research sites located within walking distance of the building. The structure will also be used to house computer and communications equipment for existing and new sensors to be deployed at an adjacent field site. KBS, which is the largest off-campus unit of Michigan State University, is one of a number of major field research stations in the U.S. that have had a long-term impact on ecological research and training. The Station has a significant record of research, education, and outreach in ecology and evolutionary biology, and is known as a premier field site for work in the successional plant communities, freshwater habitats, and agricultural landscapes that are typical of the upper U.S. Midwest. Research activity by resident and visiting researchers at KBS has grown over the past 15 years to the point that space resources are very stretched. The new building will enhance the ability of KBS to provide the best possible research, training, and outreach in ecology and evolutionary biology for resident and visiting researchers and students, while also providing a unique classroom/laboratory teaching facility for field-based classes, short-courses, workshops, and a major K-12 secondary science teacher trainingproject at KBS.