April 2, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Relating to CC105′s study of astronomy is an article from The Guardian titled ‘The Cosmic Gallery – In Pictures’. It gives beautiful depictions and descriptions of some of our galaxy’s landmarks. Here is a sample: For the full article, visit bit.ly/10vKZ62.
By mdimov
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Posted in Academics, Art, Curriculum, Great Ideas, Great Photograph
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Also tagged astronomy, galaxy, gallery, image, nebula, picture, space, stars
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March 22, 2013 at 1:48 pm
To all CC105 students, Nate and Gayle, your Core Mentors, have been sending out weekly emails summarizing the important topics from the lectures that week, reminding you of assignments and giving you links to some science articles that you may find interesting. The Core Blog is regularly updated with what is being sent in these [...]
February 25, 2013 at 3:04 pm
To all CC105 students, Nate and Gayle, your Core Mentors, will be sending out weekly emails summarizing the important topics from the lectures that week, reminding you of assignments and giving you links to some science articles that you may find interesting. The Core Blog will regularly be updated with what is being sent in [...]
By mdimov
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Posted in Academics, Announcements, Curriculum, General Announcements
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Also tagged Core Mentors, email, help, information, reminders, study, success, topics, work
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January 28, 2013 at 3:18 pm
The Core presents a quote on the death of stars: In the later red giant phase, the Core will shrink further and heat up to over 100 million Kelvin. ~Dr. Mark Jonas
I would now like to turn to a third value that science has. It is a little more indirect, but not much. The scientist has a lot of experience with ignorance and doubt and uncertainty, and this experience is of very great importance, I think. When a scientist doesn’t know the answer to a problem, [...]
Prof. Daniel Hudon gives five great reasons for YOU to register for, and to participate in, the 2nd annual Ecolympics. The Ecolympics are coming: April 1-15, 2011 Help mobilize for Planet Earth.
February 25, 2011 at 5:54 pm
(featuring the voice of Prof. Daniel Hudon) The Ecolympics are coming: April 1-15, 2011 Help mobilize for Planet Earth.
February 25, 2011 at 3:22 pm
The second-ever Ecolympics, April 1-15, is going to be bigger and better than last year’s, and you can help: by contributing to the Core Eco-quotes Project. As you know, Core is about tackling the big questions in life and certainly one of the biggest these days is how can humans best live with and within [...]
February 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm
Exciting news! Boston’s Museum of Science is holding its grand re-opening of their newly-renovated planetarium this Sunday, February 13. This is now the most technologically advanced digital theatre in all of New England! The show chosen for the launch presentation is titled Undiscovered Worlds: The Search Beyond our Sun. The Museum is on the Green [...]
