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Return to E-mail Discussion page Hi everyone,Just a quick reminder about the science lecture series at Portland State University beginning this Saturday, Sept. 13. You can find more details and complete schedule on the main science integration page (http://www.scienceintegration.org ) or directly at http:// oregonteacherscholars.pbwiki.com/Our-Cosmic-History . Here's a summary: The theme of the series is "Our Cosmic History" -- an integrated, big picture story of our human origins, from the big bang to the present day, in light of our current scientific knowledge. The aim is to provide a broad context for the narrower details of science, to help us more easily see the relevance of each branch of science and see how they all fit together. The series begins Saturday, Sept. 13, at 10 am at PSU (Multnomah Ballroom, University Place) with an overview lecture, "Teaching a Unified Account of the Past," by Dr. David Christian, Prof. of History at San Diego State University and author of "Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History." David's an excellent speaker and played a significant role developing the big picture approach to history that motivates this whole series. So I'm very excited that he's able to be in Portland to get the series started. Hope you can join us! Each of the 10 Saturday Symposia will have 2 parts: 1) Public lecture (10 - 11:30 am) - Open to everyone: teachers, students, and the general public. Each lecture will describe the highlights of one stage of our cosmic history, with time for general questions on the topic. 2) Brown bag lunch for teachers (noon - 1 pm) - Open to teachers... bring your lunch and your questions and spend an hour discussing specific activities and techniques for implementing ideas from the lecture into your classes. To find out more please visit the website http:// oregonteacherscholars.pbwiki.com/Our-Cosmic-History or email info at scienceintegration.org if you have questions. Thanks, Todd Todd Duncan, Ph.D. Center for Science Education Portland State University 101 Epler Hall info at scienceintegration.org |
