Oberlin, Science and History

November 5- December 15 1998

Juliana Keen OCMR Box 1550

OBJECTIVES:

- to encourage students to enjoy science and want to learn more about science

- for students to learn abut the important role Oberlin has in the field of science and technology and why.

- for students to develop; creative thinking skills

- to motivate and inspire students to learn more on their own

- to develop a curriculum that can be expanded on in the future

Get to know each other game

Discuss:

What is brainstorming? no wrong answers not wrong questions!

Who is the minuteperson? (scribe)

That is the Importance of learning about history? about history and science?

What would be different if we did not study the history of science?

What are our goals for this project?

Make folders

Tuesday 11/10

Science Technology: Past and Present (2)

Comparing the field of science and technology present and past

Questions For Discussion:

What is different about studying science now than it would have been in the 1800s?

How are we more privileged than our ancestors? Were they more privileged than us in any ways?

MATERIALS:

Old and new science texts, pictures, artifacts (guess what this was used for?)

Thursday 11/12

Oberlin Achievements (3)

What type of inventions and discoveries were made in Oberlin?

Can you name any?

Each student will be assigned to one person and will look through the information about that person that I have brought and search the internet to find information about their person. Then the students will teach each other about what they have learned.

Tuesday 11/17

Field Trip to Jewett House and O.H.I.O (4)

Thursday 11/19

Why Here? (5)

-What might have been different about studying science in Oberlin?

-Was Oberlin progressive?

-Was money and important factor?

Tuesday 11/24

Field Trip: Archives (6)

Tuesday 12/1

Detective Work (7)

-What can we learn from examine old documents, letters, photos.

-What were the people we are learning about like?

-Talk to Oberlin Alum, Oberlin students who are studying Science and Technology

Thursday 12/3

Guest Speaker and student interviews

Tuesday 12/

Begin Website (9)

Purpose of a website?

What do we want on out website?

Each student has a job?

12/10 (no school)

Tuesday 12/15

Conclusion