New Geology Laboratories: Interactive Data Acquisition, Analysis, and Multimedia Modules of Geologic Phenomena, Part II

该项目通过参与式地球科学实验室，在非理科和理科专业的大型入门课程中引入了个人化的科学方法。到目前为止开发的多媒体产品的使用表明，这种新的方法产生了兴奋和增加了理解。现场和实验室数据的获取、统计分析和复杂系统的计算机建模是贯穿始终的要素。这些实验室培养诸如野外和实验室数据收集、图形分析、数据统计、结果的数学表示、信息的地图表示、计算机建模、复杂现象的合成和模拟以及科学与社会的互动等技能。该提案中的实验室主题包括地震、大规模浪费、地形、地表水化学以及地球资源和材料。开发的最终产品将是一张光盘和一本纸质实验室手册。超卡中的多媒体组件可以用于教学。这些模块包含广泛的地质现象可视化材料、重要物理原理的交互式计算机模型、地质过程的视频和音频片段以及复杂地质问题的模拟模型。

This project brings an individualized approach to science in large introductory courses for non-science and science majors through participatory geoscience laboratories. Use of the multimedia products developed to date show that this new approach produces excitement and increased comprehension. Field and laboratory data acquisition, statistical analysis, and computer modeling of complex systems, are elements throughout. The laboratories develop skills such as field and laboratory data gathering, graphical analysis, statistics of data, mathematical representation of results, map representation of information, computer modeling, synthesis and simulation of complex phenomena, and the interaction of science and society. The topics of the laboratories in this proposal include earthquakes, mass wasting, topography, surface water chemistry, and earth resources and materials. The end products of the development will be a CD-ROM and a paper laboratory manual. The multimedia components in SuperCard can be used for instruction. These modules contain extensive visual material of geologic phenomena, interactive computer models of significant physical principles, video and audio segments of geologic processes and simulation models of complex geologic problems.