Instructional Equipment for Fieldwork in Physical and Environmental Geography

该机构服务于非传统的学生群体，其中返回成年人，兼职学生，妇女和少数民族的比例很高。 这些学生中的许多人对自然环境几乎没有经验，对科学知识也很少，特别是在传统的实验室环境之外。 该项目的重点是使用相对简单的仪器向广泛的学生介绍野外科学的目的和方法，如在自然和环境地理学中的实践。 该项目正在购买基本仪器，足以在自然/环境地理学的每一个主要分领域，包括气候学、水文学、地貌学、土壤学和地理学中教授实地方法。 目前正在扩大现有课程的实地教学，包括入门和高级课程。 扩大的教学使得有可能教授实地方法的新课程，并开发地理实地教学的非传统途径，包括与校园内其他部门的跨学科课程以及中小学地理教师的讲习班。 这种实地培训正在向各种各样的城市本科生介绍野外科学在自然环境中的方法和好处。 此外，它包括环境的各个方面，鼓励学生考虑环境的相互依赖性和反馈。 最后，它正在为对环境职位感兴趣的地理专业学生提供应用培训。 *

This institution serves a nontraditional student population with high proportions of returning adults, part-time students, women, and minorities. Many of these students have little experience with natural environments and little knowledge of science, particularly outside the traditional laboratory setting. The focus of this project is the use of relatively simple instrumentation to introduce a wide spectrum of students to the aims and methods of field science, as practiced in physical and environmental geography. The project is purchasing basic instrumentation sufficient to teach field methods in each of the major subfields of physical/environmental geography, including climatology, hydrology, geomorphology, soils, and biogeography. Field instruction in existing courses, both introductory and advanced, is being expanded. The expanded instruction makes it possible to teach a new course in field methods and to develop nontraditional avenues for geographic field instruction, including interdisciplinary courses with other departments on campus and workshops for teachers of geography in primary and secondary schools. This field training is introducing a diverse array of urban undergraduates to the methods and benefits of field science in natural settings. Moreover, it includes all facets of environment, encouraging students to consider environmental interdependencies and feedbacks. Finally, it is providing applied training to geography majors interested in the environmental positions. *