England 2011

2011 Earlham College England Program

This is the wiki for the program. Program related materials and the bulk of the Earlham course materials (Science, Technology and Society) are located here. Other on-line resources for the program are:

• FIE's Moodle entry for the course (So far we're only using this for attendance.)
• Program blog (Posts by Charlie and eventually Fitz and the students too.)

Who we are: Eva Marengo Sanchez, Sandra Ngeseyan, Ben Smith, Krystnell Storr, Spencer Smith, Emily Van Cise, Johanna Wilcox, Ivan Babic, Gillian Bateyunga, Lily Cutler, Bill Greene, McKayla Heller, Vivian Bateyunga, Andrew Fitz Gibbon (program assistant), Charlie Peck (program leader)

London Resources

• Weekend Tube Closures
• Transport for London Journey Planner
• FIE's London center website
• Time Out's event listing for London

Calendar

• Embedded Google calendar goes here, for now: Google Calendar

Excursions

• Cambridge (Saturday 15 January)
• Ice Skating at Somerset House (Saturday 22 January)
• Greenwich (Saturday 29 January)
• Science Museum (Tuesday 1 February) - Atmosphere, Timekeeping
• Parliament Tour (Tuesday 8 February)
• Whose Science? at the Dana Centre (Wednesday 09 February, 19:00 - 20:30) - optional but requires RSVP
• Greenland at the National Theatre (Friday 11 February)
• Kew Gardens (Saturday 12 Februaryl)
• Designer Life, Cooler World at the Dana Centre (Wednesday 16 February, 19:00 - 20:30) - optional but requires RSVP
• Lab 2: Holy Pigeon P#$! Batman, it's Penelope Poison! (Sunday 20 February, 11:00 - 19:00, with dinner at the flat)
• IQ2: Free Data at the Dana Centre (Tuesday 22 February, 19:00 - 20:30) - optional but requires RSVP
• Earth System Modeling at the National Theatre (Wednesday 23 February, 18:00 - 19:00) - optional, requires a ticket that the program will purchase if you are interested in attending
• Spring Break Travel Plans
• Clybourne Park at Wyndham's Theatre (Wednesday 23 March)
• Bath (Friday-Sunday 8-10 April)
• Education Program at the Globe Theatre (Monday 4 April)
• Hamlet at the Globe Theatre (Saturday 23 April)

Science, Technology and Society

• Tech Tips
• Assignments
• Supplemental Material
• Milestones, Techniques and Themes
• Journals
• Lab Descriptions
• Lab Notebooks
• Syllabus
• General Education Rational
• Random Items that came-up in class, on an excursion, etc.
• Class Feedback Survey (SurveyMonkey)

Mashups

• Where we live and work.
• Where we have visited.