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Friday, May 31, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/05/2002053101u.htm An Online Course Tracks Lewis and Clark's Footsteps and Their Scientific Contributions BROCK READ Environmental Science 50-586 "Science in the American West: The Lewis and Clark Expedition" Drake University Instructor: Richard S. Wacha, a professor and chair of the department of biology "I think of Lewis and Clark's expedition as an American saga," says Richard S. Wacha, a professor and chair of the department of biology at Drake University. But the journey was also a watershed event for biology research, he says; to prove his point, Mr. Wacha has created a new online course profiling the contributions that the pair of explorers made to modern science. The course's initial run this summer comes at an opportune time: Next year marks the bicentennial of the commissioning of Lewis and Clark's expedition, which took the duo from the Ohio River to the Pacific Northwest over a period of more than three years. "Most states are really gearing up for the bicentennial," says Mr. Wacha, citing exhibits at state parks and events planned for college campuses....
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