Principal Investigator
Prof. Leigh Royden, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and Experimental Study Group; Dr. Paola Rubesco, Experimental Study Group; Dr. Analia Barrentes, Experimental Study Group; Dr. Ana Bell, Experimental Study Group
Fund:
d'Arbeloff Fund
Funding Period:
AY2022
Department/Lab/Center:
Experimental Study Group
Educational Initiative:
Common Ground
This proposal is for the Experimental Study Group (ESG) to develop materials and teach experimental sections of 6.0001 and 6.0002 in tandem with MIT’s physics GIRs. In the fall term of 2021, we propose to teach one section of ES.801 (8.01) paired with one section of 6.0001 (Python). In the spring term of 2022, we propose to teach one section of ES.802 (8.02) paired with one section of 6.0002 (the continuation of 6.0001). Students in the experimental sections will enroll in both subjects and receive separate course grades for each subject. One product will be a library of problems that connect and combine basic computation in Python with basic concepts in the physics GIRs. We hope to ultimately extend this approach to include GIR subjects in chemistry and biology.