Enhancement of the Optics and Mechanics Segments of Microcomputer-Based Teaching Laboratories

Muskingum学院正在开发以微电脑为基础的实验练习和设备，以增强其所有物理实验课程。目前的仪器正在增加与麦金塔电脑和MS-DOS电脑相连的精密位置监测器、光传感器和光谱仪。目前正在编写在所有低年级物理课程中使用这种设备的课程，包括为职前教师设计的一种新的讲习班式课程。物理系学生正在构建和校准光谱仪，这是高年级实验课程的一部分。正在为入门天文学实验室创建新的基于微型计算机的练习，其中包括CCD成像相机和望远镜。

Muskingum College is developing microcomputer-based laboratory exercises and equipment that enhances all of its physics laboratory courses. The present instrumentation is being augmented by precision position monitors, light sensors and spectrometers connected to Macintosh and MS-DOS computers. Curricula are being written for using this equipment in all lower division physics courses, including a new workshop-type course designed for pre-service teachers. Physics students are constructing and calibrating the spectrometers as part of an upper-division laboratory course. New microcomputer-based exercises that incorporate a CCD imaging camera and telescope are being created for the introductory astronomy laboratory.