[bioundgrd] Fwd: MIT Fall 2013 term Edgerton seminar

[Janice Chang]

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From: Elizabeth Cavicchi <ecavicch at MIT.EDU<mailto:ecavicch at MIT.EDU>>
Date: August 27, 2013 1:38:57 PM EDT
Subject: Re: MIT Fall 2013 term seminar

HI,

I appreciate it if you might distribute this seminar description, as copied below, among your student lists.

Thank you,

Elizabeth Cavicchi


MIT Edgerton Center Seminar, Fall 2013
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 2013 seminar theme involves experiencing and observing space, balance, motions and the moon. We respond to each other and historical examples ranging from ancients to amateur experiments to early aviation and beyond. Class explorations involve our surroundings, sky observing, instruments devised by us and others, and our evolving curiosities.  You may choose to participate in educational research.
Contact: Elizabeth Cavicchi, ecavicch at mit.edu<mailto:ecavicch at mit.edu>

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