Stravinski Chord Compositions

In gen ed course "First Nights," students invent their own chords and rhythms based on Stravinski's "Rite of Spring" in order to to better describe the way in which the piece was composed by experiencing that composition themselves.

The Galileo Debate

In this simulation, students become familiar with the arguments used by different players in the debates about Galileo.

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Theme and Variations: Understanding Musical Style

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Tug of War: How to Approach Critical Conversations

Learners play a round of tug of war to better understand empathy and communication, two skills essential for healthcare professionals.

Virtual Communications and the 3D Web

In this assignment designed by J.M. Grenier, Students will be able to explain what is meant by a "virtual world" and the 3D web, as well as discuss the potential for the use of these tools and their impact to existing methods of communication on the web.

Visual Essays and Makeover Parodies

Students in Caroline Light's general education course, Sex and the Citizen, create five-minute visual essays in response to Brenda Weber's, Makeover Nation. In order to do this assignment, students must complete the assigned reading and gain familiarity with iMovie, Prezi, or PowerPoint. These visual essays or makeover parodies are meant to address issues of identity and citizenship central to the course.

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Wave Dispersion and Mathematica

Elizabeth Petrik, a graduate teaching fellow for Physics 15c, created this Mathematica activity to help students build physical and quantitative intuition about wave dispersion. The usage of Mathematica in this activity allows for students to not only solidify the concepts they learned in class, but also create a working program that helps them understand wave dispersion in another medium.

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Ways of Seeing Art

Students write a response paper on their experience viewing art online versus in the context of a museum.

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Weather Forecasting

The purpose of this assignment is to consolidate knowledge of the weather from class.By making observations and committing to a prediction, it should help you see how weather systems evolve over time. It will also give you a first pass at video making, which will help with the final projects. We ask that you refrain from looking up weather conditions and predictions for the period when you are making observations and predictions. Often local observations will be more accurate than the ones found on website.

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Stravinski Chord Compositions

In gen ed course "First Nights," students invent their own chords and rhythms based on Stravinski's "Rite of Spring" in order to to better describe the way in which the piece was composed by experiencing that composition themselves.

The Galileo Debate

In this simulation, students become familiar with the arguments used by different players in the debates about Galileo.

Theme and Variations: Understanding Musical Style

Tug of War: How to Approach Critical Conversations

Learners play a round of tug of war to better understand empathy and communication, two skills essential for healthcare professionals.

Virtual Communications and the 3D Web

In this assignment designed by J.M. Grenier, Students will be able to explain what is meant by a "virtual world" and the 3D web, as well as discuss the potential for the use of these tools and their impact to existing methods of communication on the web.

Visual Essays and Makeover Parodies

Wave Dispersion and Mathematica

Ways of Seeing Art

Students write a response paper on their experience viewing art online versus in the context of a museum.

Weather Forecasting

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