Field Trip

After field trips to three different museums, students create a short 90 second podcast in which they discuss one object encountered. Through this project, students engage with primary artifacts and practice their communication skills. Introduction...

A novel yearly course introducing observational skills to dermatology residents, using Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Goal: To focus on the nuances of observation with no background knowledge required (texture, color, shape, shadow). To allow each...

This instructor leverages field trips to the Boston area to reinforce weekly lectures on the impact of buildings to environmental health. Goal : The goal of the format of this class is to: 1) have students read peer-reviewed literature and actively lead...

This activity equips students with communication skills necessary for impromptu public speaking. Goal : To enable students to gain practice applying public speaking skills To provide students with an opportunity to reflect on how to communicate...

This exercise requires students to think about the logistics of meal planning and shopping on a SNAP budget, and to imagine the material and emotional realities of poverty. Activity: Hunger Challenge - Living on SNAP Goal/s: To give Harvard/other college...

Students conducted physics experiments aboard a small airplane piloted by the instructor in order to better understand aerodynamics. Goals: To provide students with an understanding of the principles underlying heavier-than-air flight through hands-on...

Students in a course on the brain and social interaction visit the museum housing Phineas Gage’s skull and discuss it as a case study of the effects of brain injury on social behavior. Goals: To introduce students to the relationship between brain damage...

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. Goals...

Students visit the Old Burial Ground near Harvard Square to learn about early American gravestones and the cultural and artistic traditions that affected them. Goals: Students will learn about the religious purposes and meanings of the visual features and...

In French 59: French and the Community, undergraduates teach French to Haitian immigrant children in order to improve their own French skills and to both serve and learn about the Haitian-American community. Goals: Students develop their oral...