Improved Access for Undergraduates to an Ideal Natural Laboratory in Earth Sciences and Biology

9351762 Urbanczyk大学是一个小型的公共机构，服务于德克萨斯州西部的一个广阔，人口稀少的地区，理想地坐落在奇瓦瓦沙漠内的天然实验室，靠近大弯国家公园和大弯牧场国家自然区。该项目的目的是改善学生进入这一天然实验室的机会，否则他们将永远不会体验到这一点。该地区公共土地的“宝藏”是河流峡谷，该项目将购买的主要仪器是改善进入这些峡谷的设备。这个项目的意义在于为实地经验融入课堂教学提供一条途径。这对该地区的西班牙裔人口尤其重要，他们中的许多人从未冒险进入该地区的国家公园或州立公园，更不用说进入孤立的河流峡谷了。奇瓦瓦沙漠是一个原始的自然环境，为地质学和生物学的研究提供了一个很好的教室。 ***

9351762 Urbanczyk The University is a small, public institution that serves a vast, sparsely populated region of west Texas, ideally located in a natural laboratory within the Chihuahuan desert and near Big Bend National Park and the Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area. The aim of this project is to improve access to this natural laboratory for students who otherwise would never experience it. The "treasures" of the public lands in the region are river canyons, and the major instruments to be purchased in this project is equipment for improved access to these canyons. The significance of this project is to provide an avenue for the integration of field experience into classroom instruction. This is particularly important for the largely Hispanic population of the region, many of whom have never ventured into the National or State parks in the area, let alone into the isolated river canyons. The Chihuahuan desert is a pristine natural environment that provides an excellent classroom for the study of Geology and Biology. ***