[bioundgrd] Fwd: MIT Fall term seminar

[Janice Chang]

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> From: Elizabeth Cavicchi <ecavicch at MIT.EDU>
> Date: August 29, 2012 2:37:27 PM EDT
> Subject: MIT Fall term seminar
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> Edgerton Center Seminar
> EC.050/EC.090 (G) Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past
> Elizabeth Cavicchi
> U (1-3-2) [P/D/F for EC.050, A-F grading for EC.090]
> Students develop perspective for thinking about the future by studying historical physical science and
> recreating these experiments through their own curiosity and questions. The seminar builds awareness of
> the unexpected - even in familiar settings - through observing the sky and conducting lab activities with
> light, electricity, and motion. Working alone and in teams, students hone their skills in observation,
> exploration, and evaluation. Students learn by analyzing historical works of Galileo, Archimedes, and
> others, and extending these observers’ practices to their own thinking. Lab sessions complemented by
> museum and site visits. Students keep an observing notebook and write a reflective paper on their
> experience. The seminar’s exploratory and collaborative pedagogy equips students to teach and conduct
> research in science, history and other areas. Students taking graduate version complete additional
> assignments.
> The fall 2012 seminar theme involves experiencing and observing space, motions and the moon through
> responding to each other and historical examples ranging from ancients to amateur experiments to
> NASA’s legacy. Class explorations involve our surroundings, sky observing, instruments devised by us
> and others, and our evolving curiosities.
> Contact: Elizabeth Cavicchi, ecavicch at mit.edu

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