[bioundgrd] Fall Seminar - SP.726 Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past

[Janice Chang]

>Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:35:51 -0400
>From: "Elizabeth M. Cavicchi" <ecavicch at MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: fall seminar
>
>Edgerton Center Seminar Fall 2010
>
>Dr. Elizabeth Cavicchi
>U (1-3-2)
>TR 2-4pm, T 4-402, R 4-409
>
>Learn to observe nature from accounts of historical observers. Let 
>your own curiosity drive your explorations.  Study the history of 
>scientific discovery. Help to improve contemporary science 
>education. Help to make science accessible to more diverse audiences.
>
>Scientific observing combines endless curiosity with careful looking 
>and recording. Develop your observation skills through watching the 
>sky and lab activities with light, electricity, motion. Read 
>accounts by Galileo and other historical observers; follow up on 
>their sightings; try out their observing tools. Coordinate with a 
>team to observe something and evaluate the group process. Observe 
>yourself as well as nature; critique your findings, widen your 
>search, build your awareness to the unexpected, even in familiar 
>settings. Meetings will include lab sessions, museum, and site 
>visits. Keep your own observing notebook; write a reflective paper 
>on your experience. You may choose to contribute your participation 
>to educational research.
>
>Contact: Elizabeth Cavicchi, ecavicch at mit.edu
>Class site:  http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/SP/fa10/SP.726/