2014 Prize Winners

To foster science communication skills, students are asked to propose a plan for a documentary film about an issue in developmental biology. They have to create a film poster and pamphlet that is presented at a class showcase. Goal/s: (1) To allow...

Students conduct a mock congressional hearing on the dilemma of state secrecy and experience the challenges of policymaking. Goal/s: (1) Understanding the Dilemma of State Secrecy. Students will gain a keener understanding of the dilemma of state secrecy...

As part of their Spanish exam, students role play a literary character and create an oral presentation on a mobile application they have designed. Goal/s: (1) To emphasize the three modes of communication (interpersonal, presentational, and interpretive)...

This activity took place as part of an ongoing study of the various conventional forms in Classical music (sonata, concerto, etc.), and also contributed to a larger, semester-long conversation about the ways in which we deal with the nebulous concept of...

Students were expected to have researched one goddess from the ancient Near East as described in several primary and secondary sources. The description of the activity on the syllabus is as follows: Choose a female deity or demon from the ancient Near...

Kellie Carter Jackson, a Harvard College Fellow, created the game “Name Five” for her AAAS118 class. In the beginning of the class, she goes around the room and asks students to list five notable people of different ethnicities to help students understand...

For the STAT104 first class of the semester, Lecturer Michael Parzen throws an inflatable globe of the world into the class audience to get the class excited about learning future topics of experimentation, randomness, and estimation. Parzen begins every...

In this activity, students create concept maps showing how various Indian institutions relate to and constrain each other. Below is a description of how to prime the students for the activity followed by the actual steps of the activity. In The Politics...