Category Archives: Natural Sciences

Perception and Action

COGS 211 Taught by: Ken Livingston The Course What is your course “Perception and Action” about? One of the key themes of Cognitive Science 211, Perception and Action is that much of what makes us smart is embodied in the … Continue reading

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Environmental Risks & Breast Cancer

STS 399 Taught by: Janet Gray The Course The goal of the course was to create an interactive, informational CD on environmental risks and breast cancer, an area that is not commonly addressed in much of the public discourse about … Continue reading

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Digital Underground

GEOL/PHYS 241 Taught by: Brian McAdoo The Course What is your course “Digital Underground” about? Digital Underground: Field Geophysics uses state-of-the-art electromagnetic techniques to identify forgotten graves by measuring very subtle changes in the soil properties. These graveyards tend to … Continue reading

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Environment and Land Use Planning

GEOG/GEOL 355 Taught by: Mary Ann Cunningham The Course What is your course “Environment and Land Use Planning” about? In Environment and Land Use Planning I try to give students an opportunity to work on real problems of land use … Continue reading

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Structural Chemistry and Biochemistry

CHEM/BIOL 384 Taught by: Miriam Rossi The Course What is your “Structural Chemistry and Biochemistry” course about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. Today, interdisciplinary research and areas of study are the norm in the sciences. The borderlines … Continue reading

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Online Water Budget Mapping and Soil Nutrient Modeling

ESSC 100 Taught by: Jeff Walker and MaryAnn Cunningham The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. Mary Ann: The course is Food and Farming and it … Continue reading

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Computer Animation, Art, Science, and Criticism

CMPU/ART/MEDS 388 Taught by: Tom Ellman and Harry Roseman The Course What is your course “Art, Science and Criticism” about? Tom: The course is about exploring the relationship between art and science in the context of computer animation. We addressed … Continue reading

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Tablet PCs in Field Archaeology

ANTH 231 Taught by: Lucy Johnson The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. The course I teach is a traditional Field Archaeology course. The students are … Continue reading

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Collaborative Writing in the Sciences

CHEM 323 Taught by: Teresa Garrett The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. The genomic revolution has provided researchers with an enormous amount of information about … Continue reading

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Bioinformatics

BIOL/CMPU 353 Taught by: Marc Smith and Jodi Schwarz The Course What is the course in which you use instructional technologies about? Tell us about its origin, goals and objectives. Jodi first conceived of teaching an interdisciplinary course in bioinformatics, … Continue reading

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