Bridge Project -- Faculty Workshop Schedule

All classroom activities take place in Weniger Hall.
Refreshments will be available at 10 and 3 in Room 305.

  Time Lecture/Discussion/Group Activity Room
Saturday 8/7 6:00 PM Opening Dinner TBA
  8:00-10:00
Review Session:
The Gradient
Line Integrals
 TBA
Sunday 8/8 8:30-10
Introduction to the Bridge Project
Goals and Concerns
 304F
  10:30-12
Introduction to group activities
The Town of Coriander
 304F
  1:30-3
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
I: Derivatives
The Hill
 304F
  3:30-5
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
II: Mathematics ≠ Physics
 304F
Monday 8/9 8:30-10
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
III: Line Integrals
The Valley
 304F
  10:30-12
The Geometry of Vector Calculus
IV: Surface Integrals
The Fishing Net
 304F
  2-6 Free time for informal discussion.
 
  8:00-10:00
Review Session:
Surface Integrals
The Theorems of Gauss and Stokes
 TBA
Tuesday 8/10 8:30-10
Guiding Group Activities
What Makes a Good Activity?
 304F
  10:30-12
Participant Guided Activities:
The Cone
Divergence and Curl
The Geometry of Divergence and Curl
Conservative Vector Fields Revisited
 304F/377
  1:30-3
Implementation
Summary
 304F
  3:30-5
Participant Guided Activities:
The Wire
Stokes' Theorem
Geometry Meets Physics:
The Laws of Ampère and Gauss
 304F/377