Bridge Project -- PREP Workshop Schedule

Workshop sessions take place in Clapp Labs, in rooms 306 and/or 407.

  Time Lecture/Discussion/Group Activity Location
Friday 6/18 2-6 PM Registration Torrey
  6:30 PM Opening Dinner Willits
  8:00-10:00
Review Session:
The Gradient
Line Integrals
 Clapp
Saturday 6/19 7:30-8:30 Breakfast Willits
  8:45-10:15
Introduction to the Bridge Project
Goals and Concerns
 Clapp
  10:45-12:15
Introduction to group activities
The Town of Coriander
 Clapp
  12:30-1:30 Lunch Willits
  2-3:30
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
I: Derivatives
The Hill
 Clapp
  4-5:30
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
II: Mathematics ≠ Physics
 Clapp
  6-7 Dinner Willits
Sunday 6/20 7:30-8:30 Breakfast Willits
  8:45-10:15
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
III: Line Integrals
The Valley
 Clapp
  10:45-12:15
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
IV: Surface Integrals
The Fishing Net
 Clapp
  12:30-1:30 Lunch Willits
  2-6 Free time for informal discussion;
possible excursion to Mount Holyoke 		 
  6:30 Dinner out in small groups  
  8:00-10:00
Review Session:
Surface Integrals
The Theorems of Gauss and Stokes
 Clapp
Monday 6/21 7:30-8:30 Breakfast Willits
  8:45-10:15
Guiding Group Activities
What Makes a Good Activity?
 Clapp
  10:45-12:15
Participant Guided Activities:
The Cone
Divergence and Curl
The Geometry of Divergence and Curl
Conservative Vector Fields Revisited
 Clapp
  12:30-1:30 Lunch Willits
  2-3:30
Implementation
Summary
 Clapp
  4-5:30
Participant Guided Activities:
The Wire
Stokes' Theorem
Geometry Meets Physics:
The Laws of Ampère and Gauss
 Clapp
  6-7 Dinner Willits
Tuesday 6/22 7:30-8:30 Breakfast Willits