Building Bridges
Science Education at Bryn Mawr College

Tri-College Science Teaching Symposium
May 8, 2001
Bryn Mawr College

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Teaching Matters

SCIENCE TEACHING IN THE TRI-COLLEGE COMMUNITY

• Science Teaching Symposium
• Science Pedegogy Discussion
• Tri-College Science class web pages

Quantitative Skills Tutorial

Agenda

3:30 Welcome, Lisa Chirlian, Science Education Coordinator, Bryn Mawr College

3:35 Lyle Roelofs and Suzanne Amador, Department of Physics, Haverford College
"Innovations in Introductory Physics Teaching at Haverford College"

3:50 Amy Cheng Vollmer, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College
"Making Papers Enjoyable to Grade

4:00 Discussion Groups (select one)

• Laboratory Structure and Design
  facilitator: Krynn Lukacs, Department of Chemistry , Bryn Mawr College
• Issues of Breadth vs. Depth and Content vs. Process
  facilitator: Sara Hiebert, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College
  

4:30 Report back

4:45 Discussion Groups (select one)

• Making Large Classes Interactive
  facilitator: Michelle Francl, Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
• Helping Students Become Active and Independent Learners
  facilitator: Liz Vallen, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College

5:25 Future directions