SEP Session 2, Day 5 (5-8)

Each day, we will feature several courses. Throughout the session, we will feature as many courses as possible. This post is for friday's classes.

Today in "The Energizers and Catalyzers in the Biochemical Process" students took a field trip to Wilsdorf Hall on UVA Grounds. They learned about crystallization and saw a lab focused on crystals in operation. In addition to meeting three of the laboratory researchers, students got a tour of the lab and its equipment. Before leaving, students also got to hear about current research of E. coli and metal organic frameworks.

Today in "Do As Romans Do" students were focused on literary works. To begin the class, students briefly learned about the parallels between "Romeo and Juliet" and "Pyramus and Thisbe." Then, in small groups of three, students read, illustrated, and summarized various mythological stories like Hercules. An introduction to Roman history followed, as well as a game of Bingo using mythological terms.

Today in "Math, Statistics and Game Theory," students worked to solve the game of the myth of Dionysus and the pirates if all players had behaved rationally. If all players behaved naturally, Dionysus would have revealed he was god, the pirates would have let him go, and he would have forgiven them. Of course, as the story goes, this is not what happened. Afterwards, students worked to represent tic tac toe in normal and extended forms.

Myth this game was based on: https://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/dionysus.html

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Today in "Engineering Hogwarts," engineering firms (student groups) were hired to reengineer the cage for the Indominus Rex in order to prevent future escapes.

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This morning in "Life is a Balancing Act," SEP 7-8 campers reviewed and practiced drawing using perspective and vanishing points. Next, the class began talking about balance in works of art. Students looked at famous examples of symmetry, asymmetry, and radial balance. After viewing examples of different types of balance, students had the opportunity to practice using these concepts in their drawings. 

This morning in "Explorations in Neuroscience," SEP 5-6 scientists designed original animal brain. Students used what they have learned in class about the various parts of the brain and their functions combined with their research about different animals to invent a new animal and design a brain to fulfill the animal's needs. 

Best,

Nicole, Olivia and Abby