Week | Class | Date | Topic | Note | Readings |
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1: Orientation | Mon, Sept. 1 | Labor Day | No class | ||
1 | Wed, Sept. 3 | Logistics | Register for BioBlitz! | No required videos or readings | |
Sat., Sept. 6 | BioBlitz: Day 1 | ||||
Sun., Sept. 7 | BioBlitz: Day 2 | ||||
2: What is Science? | 2 | Mon, Sept. 8 | What is Science? | Videos: Science Senses, What is Science?; Readings: 1, 2 | |
3 | Wed, Sept. 10 | Scientific Thinking | Reading: The Canon, Chapter 1 | ||
3: Questions in Science | 4 | Mon, Sept. 15 | Expertise | Pre-Class | Video: 50 Science Misconceptions |
5 | Wed, Sept. 17 | Sources | Reading: Baby faces | ||
4: BioBlitz | 6 | Mon, Sept. 22 | Picking groups, choosing a topic | ||
Wed, Sept. 24 | Rosh Hashanah | No class | |||
5: Analyzing Data | 7 | Mon, Sept. 29 | Visualizing data | bring laptop | |
8 | Wed, Oct. 1 | BioBlitz data | bring laptop | ||
6: Reading the Literature | 9 | Mon, Oct. 6 | How to read a paper | ||
10 | Wed, Oct. 8 | How to read a paper II | |||
7: Community Engagement | Mon, Oct. 13 | Columbus Day | No class | ||
11 | Wed, Oct. 15 | Citizen Science | Homework 1 Due | ||
8: BioBlitz Data | 12 | Mon, Oct. 20 | Hypotheses | ||
13 | Wed, Oct. 22 | GIS mapping | ITF visit; bring laptop | ||
9: Evolution | 14 | Mon, Oct. 27 | Evolution | Videos: SF Evolution, Elaine Morgan and Harvey Fineberg TED talks | |
15 | Wed, Oct. 29 | “Debate” | |||
10: Vaccines | 16 | Mon, Nov. 3 | Vaccines | Videos: Vaccine Types, Flu Vaccine | |
17 | Wed, Nov. 5 | Vaccinations | Sci. Comm. post due SUNDAY | ||
11: Group Work | 18 | Mon, Nov. 10 | Making a Poster | ITF visit; bring laptop | |
19 | Wed, Nov. 12 | GMOs | Video: Challenge of Food | ||
12: Climate Change | 20 | Mon, Nov. 17 | Climate Change | Video: Climate Change | |
21 | Wed, Nov. 19 | Climate Change Models | Please have EdGCM installed. First day for poster printing at Macaulay Central. | ||
13: Artificial Intelligence | 22 | Mon, Nov. 24 | A.I. | Poster printing at Macaulay Central: Mon and Tues only | Video: Artificial Intelligence |
23 | Wed, Nov. 26 | Robot Apocalypse | Video: Humans Need Not Apply | ||
14: Final Project Work | 24 | Mon, Dec. 1 | Poster practice class | ||
25 | Wed, Dec. 3 | Poster practice groups | |||
Sat., Dec. 6 | Final event: Session 1 | Register for one session only! | |||
Sun., Dec. 7 | Final event: Session 2 | ||||
15: Urban Ecology | 26 | Mon, Dec. 8 | Guest Speaker: Rana Boland | Citizen Science post due | Reading: Sustainable Large Parks; Video: Urban Ecology |
27 | Wed, Dec. 10 | Emerging Diseases | |||
16: Final | 28 | Mon, Dec. 15 | No class: Public talk | Public Talk post due | |
29 | During finals week |