199CSM

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Children's Science Museums

Last Taught
Spring 2006
Instructor(s)
Michelle Hinn and Chip Bruce
Teaching Assistant(s)
N/A
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[edit] Course Description

This course is a special exploration course intended to engage women undergraduates majoring in mathematics, science, and engineering curricula in museum work in the Champaign-Urbana area. Class meetings will take place at the WIMSE living/learning community, the Orpheum Children's Science Museum, as well as online. This course is restricted to students living in the WIMSE (Women in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering) living/learning community. Instructor permission required: Donna Michelle Hinn (hinn@uiuc.edu); Bertram (Chip) Bruce (chip@uiuc.edu).

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[edit] Grading Policies

The following are the ways in which you will be able to earn points for your class grade:

  • 1 point will be given for every hour working on a volunteer project at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in downtown Champaign (Max = 40 hours)
  • .5 points will be given for every blog posting (Max = 8 Postings)
  • 1 point will be given for every class notes blog summary (Max = 1 Posting)

Here is the breakdown of how many points are needed to get the grade that you desire:

  • A+ = 45 points
  • A = 40-44.5 points
  • A- = 36-39.5 points
  • B+ = 35 points
  • B = 30-34.5 points
  • B- = 26-29.5 points
  • C+ = 25 points
  • C = 20-24.5 points
  • C- = 16-19.5 points
  • D+ = 15 points
  • D = 10-14.5 points
  • D- = 6-9.5 points
  • F = 5.5 points or under

[edit] Blog Questions

Remember that you'll need to do 8 postings but you can choose which questions you respond to. I'll update this list whenever a new topic comes up. :)

Blog Topics:

  • Topic 1: Describe a museum that you've visited that you really feel made a positive impact on you and discuss what it was that made that museum so cool for you. If, however, you can't think of a great museum experience, think of one that you had a miserable time at and what made that museum not so engaging for you.
  • Topic 2: So if you went to the museum this past sunday (Jan 29th), feel free to post a few paragraphs about your experiences, what you learned about the museum, things that you think we could do this semester, what we did, etc. Make it a zesty entry (by that I mean make it fun not just a recap!). :)

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