Request for Two Environmental Growth Chambers

由于人类的行动，全球环境正在迅速发生显着变化，例如大气中二氧化碳和紫外线辐射水平的增加。探索全球环境的变化和确定物种如何在这种变化下发挥作用和适应是生理生态学的两个基本领域，具有理论和实践应用。圣何塞州立大学生物系在本科生和研究生课程中强调保护和生态，可以通过探索全球环境变化对植物生长的影响的研究来加强这一点。该部门的环境生长室已有25年以上的历史，经常发生故障。我们的许多学生是第一代学生，他们并不以英语为第一语言，他们很可能从从事相关和有趣的科学活动中受益。这里提出的环境生长研究，探索未来预测的气候变化对植物生长的影响，将使学生有机会在使用先进技术设备的同时，以有意义的方式探索全球变化的概念。成长室实验将提供不只依赖语言技能的评估模式。这个系的一个主要项目是为本科理科学生在大学前阶段的科学教学做准备。该系科学教学的主要目标之一是确保学生形成积极的科学态度，并对科学设备的使用感到舒服。在不同的气候环境中种植植物将强调学习科学的综合方法，并将允许学生在受控环境中探索自然现象。

Marked changes in global environments such as increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and ultraviolet radiation are rapidly occurring as a result of man's actions. Explorations of changes in global environments and determining how species may function and adapt under such changes are two fundamental areas of physiological ecology with theoretical and practical applications. The Biology Department at San Jose State University has a conservation and ecological emphasis in its undergraduate and graduate curricula which can be enhanced with studies exploring the effects of changing global environments on plant growth. The environmental growth chambers in this department are over 25 years old and are subject to frequent breakdowns. Many of our students are first generation students who do not have English as their first language and are likely to benefit from "doing" science activities that are relevant and interesting. The environmental growth studies proposed here which explore Future predicted climatic changes on plant growth will give students the opportunity to explore, in a meaningful way, concepts of global changes while using advanced technological equipment. The growth chamber experiments will provide assessment modes which do not rely solely on language skills. A major program in this department is the preparation of undergraduate science students for science teaching at the pre-college level. One of the major goals associated with science instruction in this department is to ensure that students develop positive attitudes to doing science and become comfortable with the use of scientific equipment. Growing plants in different climatic environments will stress the integrated approach to learning science and will allow students to explore natural phenomena in controlled environments.