LOCAL RESOURCES
College Programs
Center for Science in Society offers
working groups for ongoing discussions, lecture series, and online
forums to explore
- the natural world and humanity's place in it,
- the nature of education,
- the generation, synthesis, and evaluation of information,
- technology and its potentials,
- the relationships among forms of creativity and understanding.
Undergraduate Courses on Serendip,
links to courses with significant materials and resources on Serendip
Computer Science, information about computer
science programs at Bryn Mawr College, with links to elsewhere.
Brain and Behavior
Summer Institutes for Philadelphia precollege teachers - 1990
to present
Brain/Behavior Link, an organization of Philadelphia
area school teachers and college faculty members interested in
the role that better understandings of brain and behavior can
play in reinvigorating our educational system.
Brain and Behavior Institute 1998, a two week summer program
for Philadelphia precollege teachers
Education, Science,
and the Brain, notes for an inservice day for precollege teachers,
2002
Diversity and Discovery
Summer Institutes for Philadelphia precollege teachers for 2000
Diversity and Discovery Institute 1998, a two week summer
program for Philadelphia precollege teachers
Diversity and Discovery in the Classroom, notes
for an inservice day for precollege teachers
Diversity and Discovery in the Classroom II: Exploring
Education as Exploration, notes for a followup inservice day
for precollege teachers
Trust in Diversity and Education
(TIDE), an organization of business people, educators, computer
modellers, and scientists interested in enhancing creativity as
a mechanism for desirable social change.
Chaos and Computers
Summer Institutes for Philadelphia precollege teachers for 2000
Chaos and Computers Institute 1998,
a two week summer program for Philadelphia precollege teachers
Chaos and Computers Institute 1997, a two week summer program
for Philadelphia precollege teachers
Teachers Talk about Technology, preservice teachers'
philosophies of and approaches to technology in the classroom, from
the Practice Teaching Seminar, Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges.
Bridging Cultures
Bridging Cultures in K-12 Education:
Exploration and Emergence 2003
Bridging Cultures: Science
and Inquiry Throughout the Curriculum 2002
General
Philadelphia Region
Visitors to Serendip, 1997 - present
Archives
College Seminars - A Sample, an example of a new series
of transdisciplinary courses required of all Bryn Mawr College first
and second year students.
Science Connection
, an organization of Bryn Mawr College students who work to
enhance precollege science education.
Science as a Human Activity, a weekly seminar/discussion
series for the summer 1996 at Bryn Mawr College
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