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Climate Change in Deep Time
By Teresa Peachey, Adjunct Professor of Meteorology Since I teach introductory meteorology, climate change is already part of the curriculum. However, I was thrilled to weave climate change connections throughout the course as part of the Smithsonian Fellowship.…
Developing a group project – New tech, old problems
by Alejandra Morales Picard, Professor, Psychology As I designed the assignments that would be the focus of my fellowship project, I was determined to create pedagogical experiences that varied in format and allowed students to use/develop different types of…
Change of Plans
by Gina Wesley, Professor, Biology When 2020 dawned and the beginning of the Smithsonian Fellowship was quickly approaching, I was eagerly creating a rough draft of my field trip to the Deep Time exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of…
Teaching Climate Change to Meteorology Students
By Bill Krayer, Adjunct Professor of Meteorology Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Today was the first day of the two-week climate-change unit in both AOSC105 Intro to Meteorology and AOSC100 Weather and Climate. I introduced the Learning Lab website, and much…
To Be Virtual or not to Be
by Mercia Rindler, Professor, English The semester started much the way the Spring semester ended – online! Despite having a few months of remote teaching under my belt, I felt some trepidation as I logged into Zoom the first day…