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Biology in Society Seminar, fall 2010

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 9:23am

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

A discussion of the nature of biology, and science in general, and of their reciprocal relationships to broader social and cultural activities. In addition to in class conversation, students will participate in on-line forum discussion of papers on this general subject, lead discussions and write web papers on topics of particular interest to themselves, and write a senior paper on one such topic that will also appear on-line. Others are welcome to join in the conversation by way of background readings and on-line forums.

Sports and the Brain

Submitted by jpfeiffer on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:30pm

http://dctadvisors.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sports-brain1.jpg?w=102&h=150

One of the topics that I was interested in was researching what type of relationship, if any, there is between the brain and sports. Here are some preliminary articles I found:

Sports Can Improve Brain Function

Week Three Thoughts

Submitted by jpfeiffer on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 9:01pm

Week Two Thoughts

Submitted by jpfeiffer on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 8:59pm

Week Two Thoughts

At the beginning of this week we started we some important points from the week before. One of the most influential points that was mentioned (I would say in terms of responses from the teachers and myself) was “the brain as an explorer” that learns from both inputs and outputs. I think this term that was mentioned by Paul . I think this idea resonated with the teachers the most because it made the brain seem much less intimidating. Rather than viewing the brain as this organ that dictates their every move they could now replace this thought with the brain as an explorer which in my opinion is much more inviting.

Week One Thoughts

Submitted by jpfeiffer on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 8:58pm

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Critique of the Summer Science Institute

Submitted by jpfeiffer on Mon, 08/23/2010 - 8:24pm

Thoughts about the Summer Science Institutes

This summer I had the honor of participating in the Bryn Mawr College K-12 Summer Science Institute. Because of this I had the opportunity to meet a handful of wonderful teachers and discuss issues and topics in education. The institute was definitely successful in many ways which will be highlighted below, yet there are also some aspects which could have been changed. They, too, are also highlighted below.

Personal Reflections about Summer Science Institute 2010

Submitted by Jessica Watkins on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 4:33pm

“But what do you do?”

Example Weekly Reflection: Enzyme Lab

Submitted by Wil Franklin on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 3:37pm

biology

I've been thinking about a lab activity on catalase enzyme and struggling to find an interesting and compelling reason why students need to know about the idea of enzymes and the subtler points about enzyme kinetics. To put a fine point on it, I want a very particular problem or question that cannot be answered fully without the understanding of enzymes. What follows in my latest train of thought.

Final Performance Write Up

Submitted by Molly on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 2:32pm

Literary Kinds course

For my final performance, I focused on the idea of a house. Since Literary Kinds was all about genre, I called the house "A House Built on Genre." The house was made out of clay, and on the foundation of the house I wrote the names of genres, each one in a different color. Then, on the surrounding walls of the house, I wrote titles of different books or other works that fit into the genre. Through my performance, I meant to give the idea that genres act as foundations that authors build on with their work.