EC.050/EC.090
Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past
Elizabeth Cavicchi
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-11, 13, 17-20, 25, 27, 3, 01-05:00pm, 4-402, Add't night session TBD
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 12 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: —
Level: U 6 units Graded P/D/F
Students develop perspective for thinking about the future by studying and recreating historically significant experiments. Students develop perspective for thinking about the future by studying and recreating historically significant experiments. Builds awareness of the unexpected - even in familiar settings - through observing the sky and conducting lab activities with light, electricity, and motion. Working alone and in teams, students hone their skills in observation, exploration, and evaluation. They also read accounts by Galileo and other historical observers. Lab sessions complemented by museum and site visits. Students keep an observing notebook and write a reflective paper on their experience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
Curiosity moved Galileo to look around, explore what goes on in everyday things, go down dead ends, take risks, and discover new worlds. We will respond to themes of space in the observing, experimenting and understandings that wove through Galileo’s multifaceted research. We will recreate Galileo’s experimental and creative process for yourself while you reflect on the times and works of Galileo.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/www/IAP.html
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-405, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
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EC.090/EC.050
Recreate Experiments from History: Inform the Future from the Past
Elizabeth Cavicchi
Mon-Fri, Jan 9-11, 13, 17-20, 25, 27, 3, 01-05:00pm, 4-402, Add't night session TBD
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
Limited to 12 participants.
No listeners
Prereq: —
Level: G 6 units Standard A - F Grading
Students develop perspective for thinking about the future by studying and recreating historically significant experiments. Students develop perspective for thinking about the future by studying and recreating historically significant experiments. Builds awareness of the unexpected - even in familiar settings - through observing the sky and conducting lab activities with light, electricity, and motion. Working alone and in teams, students hone their skills in observation, exploration, and evaluation. They also read accounts by Galileo and other historical observers. Lab sessions complemented by museum and site visits. Students keep an observing notebook and write a reflective paper on their experience. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
Curiosity moved Galileo to look around, explore what goes on in everyday things, go down dead ends, take risks, and discover new worlds. We will respond to themes of space in the observing, experimenting and understandings that wove through Galileo’s multifaceted research. We will recreate Galileo’s experimental and creative process for yourself while you reflect on the times and works of Galileo.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/www/IAP.html
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-405, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
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EC.S01
Special Subject at the Edgerton Center
India workshops
Deepti Nijhawan
Schedule: TBD
Pre-register on WebSIS and attend first class.
No listeners
Prereq: —
Level: U 6 units Graded P/D/F Can be repeated for credit
Seminar combining lectures and lab run by students and academic staff at the Edgerton Center. Students explore specialized electronics, robotics, or mechanical design and fabrication topics not offered in the regular curriculum; classes range from beginner level to more advanced. Some offerings may be taught in an intensive fashion (meeting for up to several times a week for four weeks). Up to three sequential seminars may be offered per semester, covering a different topic each time. Students can take one or all of the seminars.
Contact: Deepti Nijhawan, E40-423, x8-5917, deeptin@mit.edu
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