Simulations Laboratory for Undergraduate Geography Instruction

这个项目的目标是建立一个用于地理和环境模拟的本科实验室。该设备被普通教育专业的学生、地理专业的学生以及其他专业学习文化地理、自然地理、气象学、气候学、城市规划和野外技术/地理数据收集的学生使用。新设备包括学生计算机站、模拟软件和互联网资源，这些资源可以使网络访问数据。该计划的实施大大增加了本科生进行各种地理和环境过程（包括气候变化）的动手模拟的机会；出生、死亡和迁移率对人口的影响；造山和大陆运动过程；以及地表水的运动。最近，收集的环境数据被用来使模拟尽可能真实。该项目强调使用模拟作为一种手段，加强跨主要学科边界的联系，如生物学、地质学和规划。除了为普通教育学生和参加非技术地理课程的本科生提供独特的体验外，该设备还可供本科生参加有监督的研究活动。＊

This project is targeted at the development of an undergraduate laboratory for geographic and environmental simulations. The equipment is being used by students enrolled in general education courses, by geography majors, and by students from other programs taking courses in cultural geography, physical geography, meteorology, climatology, urban planning, and field techniques/geodata collection. The new equipment includes student computer stations, simulation software, and Internet resources that grant network accessibility to data. Implementation of this program is greatly increasing the opportunities for undergraduates to conduct hands-on simulations of a wide variety of geographic and environmental processes including climate change; the effects of birth, death, and migration rates on population; mountain building and continental movement processes; and surface water movement. Recently, collected environmental data is being used to make simulations as real as possible. The project is emphasizing the use of simulations as a means of reinforcing connections across major disciplinary boundaries such as biology, geology, and planning. In addition to providing a unique experience for both general education students and undergraduates enrolled in nontechnical geography courses, the equipment is being made available for undergraduate students to participate in supervised research activities. *