2008 EAPS Lecture Series: Extinctions and Radiations, The Rise and Fall of Life on Earth
Lindy Elkins-Tanton
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Over most of the last 3.8 billion years life on Earth consisted of single cells. About 570 million years ago there began the single greatest radiation of life on Earth, when multicellular life developed with astonishing speed. Since that Cambrian explosion the numbers of species has risen in general, but its rise has been punctuated by many extinction events, during which numbers of species dropped suddenly, and by radiations, in which the numbers and varieties of species surged again. Researchers active in their fields will present a series of lectures on the rise and fall of life on Earth.
Contact: Vicki McKenna, 54-910, x3-3380, vsm@mit.edu
"The K-T extinction"
Steve D'Hondt R.I. School of Oceanography
Mon Jan 7, 12-01:00pm, 54-915
“High-precision chronologies of extinctions and radiations”
Sam Bowring
Fri Jan 18, 12-01:00pm, 54-915
“A likely but improbable event: The unique consequences of oblique impacts in Earth history”
Peter Schultz Geological Sciences, Brown University
Wed Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, 54-915
“From water to land, and limbs from fins: The landmark evolutionary emergence of tetrapods”
Farish Jenkins Alexander Agassiz Prof. of Zoology in the MCZ, Harvard Univ.
Mon Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 54-915
“The rise of multicellularity”
Andrew Knoll Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Tue Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 54-915
"Global warming and biological turnover at the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary"
Will Clyde Earth Science, University of New Hampshire
Wed Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 54-915
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Climate Change Boardgame Series
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
In this three part series we hope to go from the basics of educational gaming to designing and playing our own board game based on climate change concepts. Do you care about hurricanes? Ice shelf collapse? International negotiations? Hybrid cars? Carbon taxes? Want to think about how to bring some (or all) of these concepts into a fun game? Then come to the climate change board game series! This series is meant to coordinate with the Climate Change Science Series (1/14 and 1/15) and Climate Change Domestic Policy lecture (1/29). Snacks and lunch will be provided for all sessions.
Contact: Therese Henderson, E40-428, x3-7492, tzh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
Climate Change Board Game Series I: Introduction to Educational Gaming
Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, Marcus Sarofim
Professor Eric Klopfer and Director Scot Osterweil, from MIT's Teacher Education and Education Arcade Programs, will give an introduction to educational gaming. This is the first in a series of three climate change board game design sessions in which we will brainstorm, design, and test games based on climate change concepts.
Tue Jan 15, 10:30am-12:00pm, E40-298, Educational Gaming
Lunch for Gamers
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
The lecture will be followed by a complimentary lunch, and then a lecture on climate change science by Daniel Enderton and Brian Rose from the EAPS department.
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, E40-298, Lunch for Gamers
Climate Change Board Game Series II: (morning session) Climate Change Game Design
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
We will spend the morning brainstorming climate change game concepts, and playing some existing climate games such as "Keep Cool", a German climate board game.
Tue Jan 22, 10:30am-12:00pm, E40-298, Game Concepts and Design
Lunch for Gamers
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
Lunch will be provided, and the afternoon will be spent designing the game which will serve as the final product of the board game series.
Tue Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, E40-298, Lunch for Gamers
Climate Change Board Game Series II: (afternoon session) Climate Change Game Design
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
The afternoon will be spent designing the game which will serve as the final product of the board game series.
Tue Jan 22, 01-03:00pm, E40-298, Build the Game
Climate Change Board Game Series III: Play the Game!
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
In this session we will playtest the board game(s) that were designed on the 22nd and figure out what worked and what didn't work. The session will be followed by a complimentary lunch, and then a lecture on Domestic Climate Policy by Jennifer Holak and Lisa Jakobovits from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
Tue Jan 29, 10:30am-12:00pm, E40-208, Play the Game!
Lunch for Gamers
Marcus Sarofim, Kat Potter, Tim Cronin, Ryan Abernathy, Laura Meredith
The session will be followed by a complimentary lunch, and then a lecture on Domestic Climate Policy by Jennifer Holak and Lisa Jakobovits from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change.
Tue Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, E40-208, Lunch for Gamers
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Climate Change Science Series : Looking Back on the Future of Climate Change
Daniel Enderton, Brian Rose
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Concerns about climate change are not new. In this two part lecture series we take a look back at the development of our understanding of the science of climate change, from both a theoretical and observational viewpoint.
In the first session, we will give a brief history of climate science.
In the second session, we will investigate climate changes in the observational record over the past 100-200 years with an emphasis on if and how these changes can be attributed to global warming.
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Contact: Therese Henderson, E40-428, x3-7492, tzh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
Climate Change Science Series I
Daniel Enderton, Brian Rose
The story of the growth in scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect and consequent concerns about global warming is intimately connected to the study of past climates, especially the great Pleistocene ice ages that ended roughly 10,000 years ago. We will explore this parallel, and attempt to trace out some of the significant milestones in the science of climate change, from Arrhenius to the IPCC.
Mon Jan 14, 01-02:30pm, E40-496
Climate Change Science Series II
Daniel Enderton, Brian Rose
The talk will cover (but not be limited too) temperature, precipitation, sea level, and sea and land ice data. Time permitting, we will also cover how these climate variables are projected to change in the future with the requisite discussion of uncertainty in climate modeling. (Please also join us before this session for the Climate Change Boardgame I : Educational Gaming activity at 10:30-12:00 in E40-298.)
Tue Jan 15, 01-02:30pm, E40-298
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Domestic Climate Policy Lecture
Jennifer Holak, Lisa Jakobovits
Tue Jan 29, 01-02:30pm, E40-496
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Led by graduate students studying climate change policy, this session will present the national emission reduction bills currently proposed in Congress. The differences between the bills, analysis of their potential climate and economic impacts, and important considerations such as uncertainty will be discussed.
Please also join us before this talk for the Climate Change Boardgame III : Play the Game! activity (10:30-12:00 in E40-208).
Contact: Therese Henderson, E40-428, x3-7492, tzh@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Joint Program/Science and Policy of Global Change
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Electron Microprobe Analysis on the JEOL JXA-733 Superprobe
Nilanjan Chatterjee
Fri Jan 11, 01-03:00pm, 54-1221
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
In this session you will have hands-on experience on our JEOL-733 electron microprobe with enhanced imaging capabilities. You'll learn about wavelength and energy dispersive spectrometry, backscattered electron, secondary electron, cathodoluminescence, and elemental x-ray imaging.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/e-probe/www/iap.html
Contact: Nilanjan Chatterjee, 54-1216, x3-1995, nchat@mit.edu
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Looking for Hydrocarbons: Seismic exploration in pictures and software
Mark Willis
Mon Jan 21 thru Fri Jan 25, 01-04:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2008
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Learn about the concepts of finding hydrocarbons through pictures. The class will be part lecture showing the methods and machinery for finding oil. The other part will be hands-on use of seismic processing tools.
Contact: Mark Willis, 54-512, x2-2816, mewillis@MIT.EDU
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Situated Learning & Teaching
Dr. John W. Schell Associate Professor, College of Education, University of GA, Cynde McInnis, Whale Watch Educator, Ocean Alliance
Thu Jan 31, 02-04:00pm, 32-144
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session provides a brief overview of social and contextual learning. We will consider the advantages and disadvantages of education provided from this perspective, an overview of supporting research and theories, and contextualized instructional practices.
Contact: Leann Dobranski, 5-122, x3-3371, leann@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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