Integrating XRD Analysis into the Undergraduate Earth Sciences Curriculum at San Diego State University

一种对用户友好且具有弹性的现代XRD仪器，使二年级学生能够积极参与矿物学和岩石学的基础研究项目，并使圣地亚哥州立大学地质科学系能够修改其二年级课程，以包括更多的实践机会，探究式活动。本课程将介绍研究经验，并教授学生如何制定可测试的假设，构建相关实验，分析结果，并通过书面和/或口头报告提出结论。此外，XRD正在加强教育部现有的面向公立学校教师和学生的项目。该项目改编自中央华盛顿大学Wendy Bohrson教授的国家科学基金会资助项目。

A modern XRD instrument that is user-friendly, resilient, allows sophomore students to engage actively in elementary research projects in mineralogy and petrology and is enabling the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University to revise its sophomore-level curriculum to include more opportunities for hands-on, inquiry based, activities. Research experiences are being introduced at this level, and students are being taught how to formulate testable hypotheses, construct relevant experiments, analyze results, and present conclusions through written and/or oral reports. In addition, the XRD is enhancing the department's existing program of outreach to public school teachers and students. This project is an adaptation of Professor Wendy Bohrson's NSF funded program at Central Washington University.