Computer-Interfaced Instrumentation for an Undergraduate Environmental Science Laboratory

这所小型农村社区学院的科学系正在将与环境科学相关的计算机接口仪器引入其副学士学位课程的相关科学课程中。该项目主要服务于北卡罗来纳州东北部上海岸平原地区的少数族裔和贫困大学生，为这些人提供了前所未有的科学接触。计算机接口环境科学实验提供了精确测量与环境变化有关的化学和物理过程的机会(例如，气候、空气和水质、水和土壤的酸碱度、最佳植物生长条件等)。该项目还提供了监控同步实验、数据存储和详细分析、实验模拟以及学生实验设计的能力。最后，该项目正在对课程进行修订，使学生有机会接触科学和计算机在科学中的应用，增强他们在先进技术社会中有效表现的长期能力。接受资助的机构正在将NSF的奖励与从非联邦来源获得的同等金额相匹配。

The science department at this small, rural Community College is introducing environmental science-related computer-interfaced instrumentation into relevant science course offerings in its Associate degree programs. The project serves primarily minority and underprivileged college students from the Upper Coastal Plain Region of northeastern North Carolina, providing these individuals with an unprecedented science exposure. Computer-interfaced environmental science experimentation provides opportunities to make precise measurements of chemical and physical processes relevant to environmental changes (e.g., climate, air and water quality, water and soil pH, optimal plant growing conditions, etc.). This project also provides capabilities for monitoring simultaneous experiments, storage and detailed analysis of data, experimental simulations, and student design of experiments. Finally, the revisions to the curriculum this project is making possible provide students with an exposure to science and to computer applications in science, enhancing their long-term ability to perform effectively in an advanced technological society. The grantee institution is matching the NSF award with an equal sum obtained from non-Federal sources.