Program of Field-Based Instruction and Undergraduate Research on Limnology and Quarternary Geology

这笔资金支持继续开展湖沼学和第四纪地质学的实地教学和本科生研究计划。新设备提高了大学将实践活动和研究项目整合到入门课程、高三学生暑期科学计划、地区科学教师计划的外展计划以及精选的高级课程中的能力，并增加了本科生研究项目的机会。这些设备最重要的用途是在入门课程中，让最多的学生在学术生涯早期接触到地质学。在这些课程中，越来越重视以实地和研究为基础的教学，通过让学生参与使用他们自己收集的数据解决当地地质问题的过程，改善了学生的学习体验。学生通过一系列相关的练习学习地质材料和科学调查的过程。这篇导论最终为学生提供了一个熟悉的参考资料，可以用来比较课堂上提出的概念。

This funding supports the continued development of a program of field-based instruction and undergraduate research on limnology and Quaternary geology. The new equipment increases the university's ability to integrate hands-on activities and research projects into introductory courses, the summer science program for high school juniors, a planned outreach program for area science teachers, and selected upper-level courses and improves the opportunities for undergraduate research projects. The most important use of the equipment is in introductory courses, which expose the maximum number of students to geology early in their academic careers. The growing emphasis on field- and research-based instruction in these courses has improved the learning experience for students by engaging them in the process of solving local geologic problems using data that they have collected themselves. Students learn about geologic materials and the process of scientific investigation through a series of interrelated exercises. This introduction ultimately provides students with a familiar reference with which to compare concepts presented in class.