Physics 95 Fall 2016
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TF tasks:
- collect next Monday's submissions into a single PDF file
- figure out how to get Google Form to capture information on each speaker.
- video camera and tripod
- web site curation
- file uploads on Canvas
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Attendance | 20% |
Participation | 20% |
Presentations | 20% |
Posters | 20% |
Abstracts | 20% |
Presentation Types:
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Structure and Meeting times
Mondays 3:00-4:15 (90 75 minutes)
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Wednesdays 7-9 pm (180 minutes)
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week | Dates | Monday topics | assignment for following Monday | Resources | ||||||||||
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1 | Sept 1 | NA - no class on Monday Wed topics are course structure, expectations, nature of assignments, grading, and structure of subfields of physics. | none, that next Monday is a holiday. But assignment for subsequent Monday is to make single-page outlines of pros and cons regarding applicability of physics to the life sciences, which we will discuss | |||||||||||
2 | Sept 7, 9 | Labor day holiday on Monday, no class |
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3 | Sept 12, 14 | CWS: Discussion of outlines- make a single-page outline with pro and con of physics methods to the life sciences. Discussion about outlines and their importance. Converting an outline into a presentation Abstracts and scientific meetings. | all: watch Jamous youtube. reporter question - spy satellites. Send PDF to Stubbs no later than midnight Sunday | |||||||||||
4 | Sept 19, 21 | CWS: Making an overhead for a presentation- single-slide exercise on spy satellites, go over their slides
| Elevator speech assignment | |||||||||||
5 | Sept 26, 28 | elevator speech exercise | Group A assignment for Monday- presentation and discussion Assignment for group B: prepare an abstract (250 word max) appropriate for a professional meeting, that will attract an audience to your talk and that coveys the key message you hope to convey. | |||||||||||
6 | Oct 3,5 | Lab tours! MM (Stubbs gone) | resources for making talks. Tufte article Basics of powerpoint for scientists Nature papers on scientific presentations Pick topics by Wednesday Sept 28 pick a topic for an oral presentation and abstract for a meeting (15 8 minutes+2 for questions) find an example of the worst overhead. write down what your own weaknesses are, and how you plan to address them in this class. Pick two different topics by Monday Oct 17. One as a science meeting talk, the other as a public presentation to an educated but non-physics audience. We'll make abstracts for the first, and press releases for the second. | 5 | Sept 26, 28||||||||||
7 | Oct 10, 12 | Columbus day holiday on Monday, no class |
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8 | Oct 17, 19 | CWS: Scientific talks, the good, the bad and the ugly. Class discussion about presentations- pace, content, goals, NYT example. What makes a good presentation? Tell a story! | Group A assignment for Monday- presentation and discussion Assignment for group B: prepare an abstract (250 word max) appropriate for a professional meeting, that will attract an audience to your talk and that coveys the key message you hope to convey. | 6 | Oct 3,5 | MM (Stubbs gone) group A gives taped 15 minute presentations group B turns in abstractSecond language issues (Don't assume they have read the material, go over it) show example from law school prof. pace and number of slides. Use slide numbers and keep track of time! Avoid technical failures- check things out. Your machine, or theirs? PPT issues between PC and Mac. Embedded videos. Driving projectors. backup slides giving the talk- the first few sentences, describe all plot axes, look at the audience. Short written documents: Abstracts and press releases.
| Group A assignment is to prepare abstracts Group B assignment is to prepare presentations | |||||||
79 | Oct 10, 12 | Columbus day holiday on Monday, no class24, 26 | MM (Stubbs gone) Group A talk #1 group B abstracts on topic #1
| make appointments to review go over taped talks | ||||||||||
810 | Oct 1731, 19Nov 2 | MM (Stubbs gone): group B gives 15 taped minute presentationsGroup B talk #1 group A turn in abstracts on topic #1 | ||||||||||||
911 | Oct 24Nov 7, 269 | MM (Stubbs gone) review of what's been learned, class discussion on student presentations.
| Elevator speech assignment | 10 | Oct 31, Nov 2 | CWS : Students give their Elevator speeches | 11 | Nov 7, 9 | CWS: Communicating with the public- pubic lectures, press releases, blogs group A talk #2 group B press release on topic #2 | Draft Press release on topic of choice watch Stubbs LSST spiel on Youtube select presentation topic #2 for everyone. Presentation #2 is for a non-technical audience- advice to a Senate committee on a technical topic of your choice: solar energy, STEM education, quantum computing, nuclear weapons, etc. | ||||
12 | Nov 14, 16 | CWS: Class review of press releases, discussion | make appointments to review taped talks. MM (Stubbs gone): group B talk #2 group A press release on topic #2 | |||||||||||
13 | Nov 21, 23 | MM (Stubbs gone)here: Group A taped 15 min talks topic #2
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14 | Nov 28, 30 | MMStubbs here: Group B 15 min talks topic #2
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15 | reading period | Lab Tours Final posters due Wed Dec 9
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date | presenter(s) | |||||||||||||
Sept 9 | Levine | requested papers | ||||||||||||
Sept 16 | Walsworth, Park | park title and papers sent | ||||||||||||
Sept 23 | Finkbeiner | |||||||||||||
Sept 30 | Silvera, Cohen | |||||||||||||
Oct 7 | Doyle, Gabrielse | |||||||||||||
Oct 14 | Desai | |||||||||||||
Oct 21 | Kovac | |||||||||||||
Oct 28 | Dvorkin | |||||||||||||
Nov 4 | Westervelt | |||||||||||||
Nov 11 | Brenner | |||||||||||||
Nov 18 | Jaffe | |||||||||||||
Nov 25 | none (thanksgiving) | |||||||||||||
Dec 2 | Mazur, Yacoby |