Tag: history
Active learning on the first day of Constance Clark’s course on History of Evolutionary Thought
On the first day of class I arrive early with a cart full of skeletons, skulls, fossils, shells, plants, an ostrich egg, some rocks, shark teeth, and a peculiar upside-down drawing of a sloth. Before the students arrive (at least with any luck before they arrive—if there are people who got there early I ask […]
Constance Clark elicits discussion around a central theme using a provocative statement
In B-term of 2016, I am offering a seminar on the history of science in public and science popularization. I always try to start the first class with an activity that gets people introducing themselves to each other and then talking through a theme that will be central to the course. For the class this […]
