Welcome to Robotics! The Robotics class is the first class to take advantage of the new Project Center at Bay. Brad Niven is the Project Center director and teacher of the robotics class and has led a group of fearless students into the world of robots. The project details: Brad asked the 4 teams of …
Inside Job
In the last few weeks, the United Nations Club watched the movie, Inside Job, which is a 2010 production on the implosion of the international financial system, as well as corruption within the larger financial corporations. After we finished the movie, we inevitably set out to process, discuss, and debate the topic at hand. We …
Ninth Grade Conceptual Physics
A quiet revolution is taking place in the way physics is being taught in colleges and universities across the US. Increasing numbers of professors are moving away from the traditional lectures to a format that puts the student, rather than themselves, at the center of what's going on in the classroom. These new forms of …
Where do artists find inspiration and ideas?
 "The best ideas come unexpectedly from a conversation or a common activity like watering the garden. These can get lost or slip away if not acted on when they occur."    — Ruth Asawa How does a writer begin to draft a composition? How does a poet begin to craft a written snapshot of a moment? …
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Teaching and learning in Advance Composition
Lori Cohen's Advanced Composition class is undergoing a bit of a flip. This week, students have become the teachers. In small groups, students were asked to take on writing basics such as thesis statements, introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions. Their objective was as follows: You and your group members will be responsible for designing a …
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