Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory

9950652：我们最近认识到本科教育需要改进的四个方面：更多地使用技术、增加师生研究、强调创新教学策略和加强跨学科研究。因此，州立大学地理-地球科学系、生物系和教师教育系正在建立“伯德·朗跨学科流域研究实验室”，以改善本科科学教育。一些现有课程正在通过以最先进设备为基础的新的实地和实验室练习加以改进。也许更重要的是，学习正在跨课程和学科联系起来，使学生能够在整个教育过程中建立和整合科学技能，并将分水岭作为一个共同的案例研究。流域实验室预计将：(1)通过收集和分析单个流域的相关环境数据，为本科生提供密集的实地培训；(2)利用地理信息系统（GIS）建立一个全面的流域数据库和数字地图图书馆；(3)通过增强的计算机实验室和一个项目网站，为学生提供访问数据库的途径，支持他们学习各种与环境有关的课程。(4)通过会议演讲、出版物和互联网访问数据库和教学/课程材料，促进其他机构采用类似的方法。这个项目正在改进地球空间科学和生物教育课程，为职前教师提供在实地和实验室学习环境中应用的科学方法的密集培训。分水岭实验室正在供公立学校班级使用，使职前教师有机会观察他们预期的职业发展。该项目还通过校园范围内的教学创新研讨会促进教师发展，提供项目设备和地理信息系统技能的指导，并通过相关的大学课程增加妇女的实地机会。

9950652:We recently recognized four areas for improvement in undergraduate education: greater use of technology, increased student-faculty research, emphasis on innovative teaching strategies, and enhanced interdisciplinary study. Accordingly, the Departments of Geography-Earth Science, Biology, and Teacher Education at SU are developing the "Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory" to improve undergraduate science education. Some existing courses are being improved through new field and laboratory exercises based on state-of-the-art equipment. Perhaps more importantly, learning is being linked across courses and disciplines, allowing students to build and integrate scientific skills throughout their education using the watershed as a common case study. The watershed laboratory is expected to: (1) provide intensive undergraduate field training through collection and analysis of related environmental data from a single watershed, (2) establish a comprehensive watershed database and digital map library using a geographic information system (GIS), (3) provide access to the database through enhanced computer laboratories and a project internet site supporting interdisciplinary student studies in a wide variety of environmentally related courses, and (4) facilitate similar approaches at other institutions through conference presentations, publications, and internet access to the database and instructional/curricular materials.This project is improving earth-space science and biology education curricula by providing pre-service teachers with intensive training in scientific methods as applied in a field and laboratory learning environment. The watershed laboratory is being made available for use by public school classes, giving pre-service teachers opportunities to observe their intended careers in action. This project is also promoting faculty development through campus-wide instructional innovation workshops providing instruction on project equipment and GIS skills, and increasing field opportunities for women through related university programs.