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Title | MIT Course |
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Type of Activity | Instructional Approach | Content Area | SDG |
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Drowned Out | D-Lab I: Development |
If you can't make it to the evening film screening, view DVD of Drowned Out on your own time prior to class on Ses #25. |
Watch Movie | Place-Based Learning | Development | SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure |
Assignment 3: Big Plan | Big Plans and Mega-Urban Landscapes |
In Assignment 1, you explored the city through large-scale processes. In Assignment 2, you focused on unearthing key issues in specific Boston/Cambridge neighborhoods. For your final assignment, you will form your own vision, your own Big Plan. |
Graphic Plans, Presentation, Visual Representation, Written Report | Place-Based Learning | Urban Planning | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities |
Discussion Questions | D-Lab I: Development |
Please answer the following questions (maximum 2 single-spaced pages). Make sure to use examples from the reading where applicable.
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Paper | Other | Development | SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure |
Section 1: Atmospheric Photochemistry and Air Pollution | Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry |
Lab on Atmospheric Photochemistry and Air Pollution for Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry. |
Lab | Experiential Learning | Chemistry | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
Final Research Papers | Infrastructure and Energy Technology Challenges |
Students completed four two-page reaction papers, one 25-page final research paper, and presented a summary of their final paper in class. |
Paper | Other | Energy | SDG 7 - Affordable & Clean Energy |
Telling a Tale, Painting a Picture: Writing About Science Using Special Techniques | Science Communication: A Practical Guide |
Come to class with a first draft of a one-page description of a phenomenon in science for a public audience, a one-page essay on a topic related to science, or a one-page letter to the editor responding to a recent op-ed on a topic in science or technology. |
Paper | Other | Communication | SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure |
Final Report | D-Lab II: Design |
Design reports give design engineers the chance to catalog the design process, describe how they came to the decisions they came to, and explain the rationale behind those decisions. As a team, write a 10–15 page report describing your project. |
Report | Collaborative, Small Group Learning | Design | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
Exercise 4: Reading Geological Maps | Introduction to Geology |
This laboratory exercise will consist of a set of hypothetical geologic examples to familiarize you with the thought process you'll need to use in interpreting simple problems. |
Problem Set | Other | Geology | SDG 15 - Life on Land |
Re-Designing Massachusetts Avenue (Assignment 2) | Urban Transportation and Planning |
The Cambridge Director of Transportation has asked you, his trusted advisor, to help him plan his strategy with respect to current issues regarding Massachusetts Avenue between Central Square and the Harvard Bridge. For this assignment, you will have access to the counting reports of the teams at three intersections and locations along Mass. Ave. You should walk and observe, and use the first several steps of the 19 step process as part of your background work in preparing to write the assignment. Pay explicit attention to the first step: "who are you?" and how this impacts the advice you give. |
Redesign | Place-Based Learning | Urban Studies | SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities |
Problem Set 2 | Introduction to Sustainable Energy |
Problem set for the course Introduction to Sustainable Energy. |
Problem Set | Inquiry-Based Learning | Energy | SDG 7 - Affordable & Clean Energy |