Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

This course teaches students the skill and process of solving problems in discrete mathematics through active participation in every class.

Drawing Our Galaxy

In this activity, students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy from multiple perspectives.

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worksheet.pdf

Electron Transport Chain

In Jennifer Osterhage's Introductory Biology I taught at the University of Kentucky, she taught the concepts involved in the electron transport chain using a fun, interactive activity with clickers and student volunteers.

Evaluating Scholarly Papers

In Animal Cognition, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's students learn how to evaluate scholarly work on animal cognition by trying to think from the animal's point of view of the experiment.

Exploring Correlation Data on Popular Websites

Professor Nathan Kaplan uses popular websites and online data to generate discussion about the topic of correlation in his math gen ed, "Fat Chance." According to Kaplan, the purpose of the activity is to show students that correlations are everywhere, even in movie rentals, library cards, etc., and part of the era of big data is that companies will know lots of things about people even if they don't tell them.

Farm to Fork Project

Students apply what they have learned in the classroom to their own dinner plates by creating a meal based on principles of health and sustainability that are attentive to personal, local, and global considerations.

instructions.pdf

Forensics Lab

This final lab project, contributed by the Cornell Center for Teaching Excellence, utilizes the techniques learned throughout the semester in the lab as well as the concepts learned in the lecture portion of the class. The project involves a person breaking into a building and leaving the exhumed body of the dead college founder and a threatening note in a classroom. Evidence such as fingerprints, hair, fibers, shoeprints and glass are left at the crime scene.

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lab instructions.pdf

Globe Toss Icebreaker

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.

Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Reduction Plan

Students develop a greenhouse gas inventory and reduction plan for a business, non-profit, government entity, or other institution by working with the organization to understand their sources of emissions and find practical methods of reducing them.

final project proposal.pdf

reporting protocol.pdf

final project information.pdf

protocol.pdf

Group Problem Solving

Students work in groups to answer problem set questions in section and then discuss the answers with the class.

Habitable Zones Near and Far

In this assignment students will be required to investigate properties of habitable zones throughout a galaxy. Using their knowledge, they will uncover how planets relate to their central star.

worksheet.pdf

Humanitarian Funding Simulation

For one activity used in SW24: Global Health Challenges, students participate in a simulation of groups proposing grants to a funding agency to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

In-Flight Mechanics Experiments

Students conducted physics experiments aboard a small airplane piloted by the instructor in order to better understand aerodynamics.

exercises.pdf

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Indexing Lectures

In this activity, lectures were indexed by topic and posted online so that students could re-watch segments on specific topics.

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Interactive Group Math

Every aspect of Math 121 is highly interactive: Students spend most of class time working in groups on problems and they then present their work and discuss as a class. Each student is responsible for some part of the in-class problems.

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Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science

This course teaches students the skill and process of solving problems in discrete mathematics through active participation in every class.

Drawing Our Galaxy

In this activity, students will create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy from multiple perspectives.

Electron Transport Chain

In Jennifer Osterhage's Introductory Biology I taught at the University of Kentucky, she taught the concepts involved in the electron transport chain using a fun, interactive activity with clickers and student volunteers.

Evaluating Scholarly Papers

In Animal Cognition, Dr. Irene Pepperberg's students learn how to evaluate scholarly work on animal cognition by trying to think from the animal's point of view of the experiment.

Exploring Correlation Data on Popular Websites

Farm to Fork Project

Students apply what they have learned in the classroom to their own dinner plates by creating a meal based on principles of health and sustainability that are attentive to personal, local, and global considerations.

Forensics Lab

Globe Toss Icebreaker

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.

Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Reduction Plan

Students develop a greenhouse gas inventory and reduction plan for a business, non-profit, government entity, or other institution by working with the organization to understand their sources of emissions and find practical methods of reducing them.

Group Problem Solving

Students work in groups to answer problem set questions in section and then discuss the answers with the class.

Habitable Zones Near and Far

In this assignment students will be required to investigate properties of habitable zones throughout a galaxy. Using their knowledge, they will uncover how planets relate to their central star.

Humanitarian Funding Simulation

For one activity used in SW24: Global Health Challenges, students participate in a simulation of groups proposing grants to a funding agency to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

In-Flight Mechanics Experiments

Students conducted physics experiments aboard a small airplane piloted by the instructor in order to better understand aerodynamics.

Indexing Lectures

In this activity, lectures were indexed by topic and posted online so that students could re-watch segments on specific topics.

Interactive Group Math

Every aspect of Math 121 is highly interactive: Students spend most of class time working in groups on problems and they then present their work and discuss as a class. Each student is responsible for some part of the in-class problems.

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