A Project-Based Environmental Field Study Course: Equipment Request

佐治亚理工学院地球与大气科学学院最近开设了一个学士学位课程，为下一代地球与大气科学家提供严格的技术教育。该计划的一个主要目标是为各种环境领域的职业生涯做好准备。我们设计了一个核心和顶点课程，环境实地研究，围绕以下标准：(1)它将直接处理自然世界和真实的环境问题；(2)展示和强化在正式课程中所学到的科学原理；(3)强调个人和/或团队调查；(4)设备和程序将与学生在其职业生涯中可能遇到的设备和程序相当；（五）利用本领域专业人员的专业知识；(6)学生将主动参与项目的各个方面，从问题识别到研究结果的发表。资金将用于购买探地雷达系统和地形导电性系统，用于本科实验室和实地课程，使我们能够实现这些目标。

The School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology has recently initiated a B.S. degree to provide a technically rigorous education for the next generation of earth and atmospheric scientists. One major goal of this program is to prepare majors for careers in a variety of environmental fields. We have designed a core and capstone course, Environmental Field Study, around the following criteria: (1) it will deal directly with the natural world and real environmental problems; (2) it will demonstrate and reinforce scientific principles learned in formal course work; (3) it will stress individual and/or team investigations; (4) equipment and procedures will be comparable to those likely to be encountered by students during their careers; (5) it will utilize the expertise of professionals in the field; and (6) students will take initiative in all aspects of the projects, from problem recognition to publication of findings. Funds will be used to purchase a ground penetrating radar system and a terrain conductivity system to be used in undergraduate laboratory and field courses which will enable us to fulfill these goals.