Biodiversity in the Global Ocean - Incorporating Molecular Biology in Field-based Approaches to Undergraduate Studies of Marine Conservation.

全球海洋生物多样性 - 将分子生物学纳入海洋保护本科研究的实地方法中。

• 批准号: 1043468
• 负责人: Amy Siuda
• 金额: $ 19.82万
• 依托单位: Sea Education Association
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-01 至 2014-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1043468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biodiversity; Global; Ocean; Incorporating; Molecular

This project improves the effectiveness of undergraduate teaching and learning in science through a new problem/project-based, field-intensive curriculum that integrates scientific research with its application in the construction of public policy. In the pilot semester-long program, undergraduate students address the largely unexplored but emerging issue of high seas conservation. The curriculum is modeling an innovative three-stage approach. During the initial discovery phase the students operate as a research team to develop a conceptual framework that identifies gaps in biodiversity research and in the methods used in ocean conservation. Students subsequently employ modern molecular and classic morphological techniques to accurately measure biodiversity during a month-long research cruise in the Sargasso Sea. In the final application phase, students synthesize their results, generating comprehensive science-based policy recommendations, and present and defend these recommendations to scientists and public stakeholders. This project seamlessly integrates research and education as students make significant contributions to long-term databases used by the international scientific community and tackle current global-scale environmental challenges. Students participating in this program not only acquire leading-edge technical sophistication in marine science research, but the wisdom, concepts, and skills necessary to effectively operate within the world of public policy. By changing the focus to local conservation topics, the curriculum is being adapted for use at other institutions, including those without access to the ocean environment.

本项目通过以问题/项目为基础，将科学研究与应用于公共政策建设相结合的新型领域密集型课程，提高本科科学教学的有效性。在这个为期一个学期的试点项目中，本科生们将解决大部分尚未开发但正在出现的公海保护问题。课程采用创新的三阶段方法。在最初的发现阶段，学生们作为一个研究小组来开发一个概念性框架，以确定生物多样性研究和海洋保护方法中的差距。学生随后运用现代分子和经典形态学技术，在马尾藻海进行为期一个月的研究巡航，以准确测量生物多样性。在最后的应用阶段，学生们综合他们的结果，产生全面的基于科学的政策建议，并向科学家和公众利益相关者提出并捍卫这些建议。这个项目将研究和教育无缝地结合起来，因为学生们为国际科学界使用的长期数据库做出了重大贡献，并解决了当前全球范围的环境挑战。参加该课程的学生不仅可以获得海洋科学研究方面的尖端技术，还可以获得在公共政策领域有效运作所需的智慧、概念和技能。通过将重点转向当地的保护主题，正在调整课程以供其他机构使用，包括那些无法接触海洋环境的机构。