Students Take First Stand-up Paddle Board (SUP) College Course -- College of Charleston
The College of Charleston, along with Charleston Watersports, is the first east coast university to offer a "for-credit" stand-up paddle boarding class. Students will be paddling off both on Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island beaches as well as in the calmer waters of Shem Creek.
Stand-up paddle boarding combines the fun of surfing and canoeing. Using a surf style board and a long paddle, students can enjoy the sport in places as diverse as the flat waters of a lake and the swells of the ocean
Michael Ambrosi presents Social Justice: Aristotle versus Pythagoreans
Michael Ambrosi, University of Trier, presents "Social Justice: Aristotle versus Pythagoreans - and Implications for Modern Debates'" at the 13th Annual Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought conference at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. July 1, 2012
Gerardo Serra, London School of Economics
Gerardo Serra, London School of Economics, presents "From Scattered Data to Ideological Education: Economics, Statistics and State Building in Gold Coast/Ghana, 1928-1966" at the 13th Annual Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought conference at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. July 1, 2012
Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Universidad del Desarrollo
Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian, Universidad del Desarrollo, presents "Albert Hirschman on the Political Economy of 'Visiting Economists'" at the 13th Annual Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought conference at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. July 1, 2012
Engineering Students Turn Designs Into Devices
Students in a microelectronics course at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering are assigned to design and build prototype devices of their own invention. Duke News intern Thomas Leak reports. Learn more at http://www.ee.duke.edu.
Peter Feaver on Connecting Duke and Washington, D.C.
Duke University Political Science Professor Peter Feaver has served on the National Security Council under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He describes how he uses that experience teach students about foreign policy and political leadership. Learn more at http://polisci.duke.edu.
Building KAM in Tetra Pak
Matts Larsson describes the steps that Tetra Pak has taken to develop and implement Key Account Management strategies in response to customer demand. Their KAM Leadership development process is used to mobilise teams internally, develop corporate ambitions, encourage best practice ways of working and inform the organisational agenda, resulting in increased value for the customer. Part of the KAM Best Practice Club Speaker Series: http://bit.ly/jmIcia
BioBlitz at Cambridge University
Starting at 3pm on Friday June 22nd 2012, led by experts from the Museum of Zoology, volunteers and members of the public raced against time to count as many species of animals and plants as possible in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. The Garden knows the 8000 species it has planted there, but there was still a lot still to discover in these wonderful grounds near the centre of Cambridge.
Film produced by Cambridge student society BlueSci, find out more here: http://www.bluesci.org/
Teaching garden opens at McMaster
Integrated Science Program student Julianne Bagg talks about the opening of McMaster's teaching and community garden, opened near the General Sciences Building on July 10. The garden will be planted with fruits, vegetables and herbs which will be sold at the campus farmstand, and will provide teaching opportunities for students and community members.
Full story here: http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=9048
MOLs Present a Cheer Tutorial for Welcome Week
Are you a first year student coming to McMaster in the fall? If so, then listen up! Cheering is a long standing tradition at every Mac Welcome Week.
In this video, the Student Success Centre's McMaster Orientation Leaders (MOLs) teach two common cheers that come handy at football games, group parties and all other orientation milestones. We encourage you to learn it, practice it and have fun with it!
Stay connected with all Welcome Week information with Facebook at facebook.com/MacWelcomeWeek
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Computer Accuracy
Accuracy of measurement in navigation depends very much on the situation. If a sailor’s target is an island 200 km wide, sailing off center by 10 or 20 km is not a major problem. But, if the island were only 1 km wide, it would be missed if off just the smallest bit. Many of the measurements made while navigating involve angles, and a small error in the angle can translate to a much larger error in position when traveling long distances.
Up, Up and Away! - Airplanes
The airplanes unit begins with a lesson on how airplanes create lift, which involves a discussion of air pressure and how wings use Bernoulli's Principle to change air pressure. Following the lessons on lift, students explore the other three forces acting on airplanes — thrust, weight and drag. Following these lessons, students learn how airplanes are controlled and use paper airplanes to demonstrate these principles. The final lessons addresses societal and technological impacts airplanes hav
Air Pollution
Students are introduced to the concept of air quality by investigating the composition, properties, atmospheric layers and everyday importance of air. They explore the sources and effects of visible and invisible air pollution. By learning some fundamental meteorology concepts (air pressure, barometers, prediction, convection currents, temperature inversions), students learn the impact of weather on air pollution control and prevention. Looking at models and maps, they explore the consequences o
Mission to Mars
The Mission to Mars curricular unit introduces students to Mars — the Red Planet. Students discover why scientists are so interested in studying this mysterious planet. Many interesting facts about Mars are revealed, and the history of Martian exploration is reviewed. Students will learn about the development of robotics and how robots are beneficial to science, society and the exploration of space. Details on engineers' involvement in space exploration are presented. Furthermore, students wil
Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on the Earth’s natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural resources, weather patterns and climatic regions, wind, erosion, landforms, and the harvesting of fossil fuels — all presented from an engineering point-of-view. (See the Unit Overview section for a list of topics by lesson.) Through many hands-on ac
Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be able to: understand the significant issues affecting heritage; engage effectively in debates about heritage issues in Scotland. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Author(s): Introduction The case studies in this unit introduce various typologies of heritage and the methods used to study them. The case studies help to draw attention to the fact that the heritage traditions in England, Scotland and Wales are not the same and are enshrined in slightly different legislation. Every study of heritage requires an understanding of the legal context and the traditions and history governing the object of heritage. This material is from our archive and is an adapted extract from < 7.5 More revision questions Learning outcomes By the end of this unit you should be able to: have an understanding of how the Grand Louvre has come to be as it is; critically discuss the claim that the collections in the Louvre constitute a significant part of the canon of Western European art; ask questions of museums and collections that are appropriate to art history. Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see Author(s):
Hearing is a familiar and important human sense that is a topic naturally of interest to those who are curious about human biology. This unit will enable you to relate what you read to your own sensory experiences – and indeed many of the questions asked have exactly that function. This unit will be best understood by those with some biological understanding.
