This activity asks students to evaluate multiple sources in order to become more critical consumers of information.

*Note: This is a flipped classroom activity. You will need to provide students with four source types that students will evaluate as homework.

Students will create evaluation criteria that they can use to determine the quality of a source.

The activity described herein can be implemented in introductory chemistry and high school chemistry courses. The main goal of the project is to integrate a ubiquitous biodiesel production with experiential learning by providing a community-based project. The students work in groups, research the benefits of using biodiesel over petroleum-based diesel, collect waste cooking oil from home or restaurants, develop simple and cost-effective methods to produce biodiesel, as well as making soap.

A faculty toolkit covering the teaching of fake news. Includes an OER textbook, website links to Factcheck.org, Snopes, and Politifact, and a video from the organization Learning for Justice.

This course is recommended for students who will transfer into STEM or health-care-related programs.
The course will introduce students to the major concepts of cell biology, including cell physiology and
structure, molecular biology, genetics and evolution. The course will also cover the major themes of
biology, with particular focus on the characteristics of living things.

An in-depth introduction to chemical equilibrium, aqueous solution chemistry, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and kinetics. This course focuses on developing the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and chemical equilibria and the applications of these principles to aqueous solution chemistry.

This course will examine urban issues and the processes of urbanization in an international context. Topics and themes explored will include: the influence of globalization on cities worldwide, and the influential position of cities in the process of globalization (from colonialism to transnational neoliberalization); the significance of cities for addressing the issue of global climate change; comparative perspectives on how cities internationally address pressing challenges such as transportation, housing, and economic development in a post-Fordist economy; the roles of different cities in a global economy: from command and control centers to the rapidly growing megacities of the global south; historical perspectives on global urban development, including the role of certain cities in anchoring and shaping culturally, politically, and economically significant geographic regions; uneven development within and among world cities, and the relationship between urbanization and economic and social inequality; comparative perspectives on the cultural dimensions of urbanism and urbanization; and the role that culture has in shaping the governance, design, and function of cities worldwide.

This course will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the fundamental concepts and computational methods of statistics. These concepts will be developed through the question of how to estimate an unknown quantity using sample data. Students will learn to incorporate the foundational concepts of mathematics with statistical analysis to describe and solve real-life problems and questions. The topics addressed include: displaying categorical data using tables, bar graphs, and circle graphs; drawing conclusions about categorical data; displaying quantitative data using dot plots, stem-and-leaf plots, histograms and box-and-whisker plots; describing data distributions using measures of center (mode, mean, and median) and measures of spread (standard deviation, range and IQR); Displaying bivariate data using scatterplots; analyzing bivariate data using linear regression; elementary probability; normal probability distributions, sampling distributions; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing of the proportion and the mean.

A collection of handouts ranging from the information cycle, to CARDIO criteria, to concept mapping.

This course examines the development of urban communities across the United States and beyond both temporally and geographically. It examines the patterns of cleavage, conflict, convergence of interest, and consensus that have structured urban life. Social, cultural, and economic forces will be analyzed for the roles they have played in shaping diverse communities of America’s cities. Because we this class is involved in an international exchange program we will be comparing NYC to Cairo specifically.

A slideshow detailing how to set up and use ebrary on your smartphone.

This site contains Fieldwork I and Fieldwork II course materials. In the Fieldwork and Integrative Seminar, students will discuss the theoretical and practice implications of experiences in the field. Students learn about agency structure and function, the activities of health and human service professionals, and the application of health and human service skills.

This map identifies IL outcomes that are addressed in core first year courses at Guttman. Last updated 1/2/19.

Use this activity to help students distinguish between information types. To prep, identify three web resources (e.g., a newspaper article, scholarly article, published interview, a blog...). Then navigate students to the links (post them to eportfolio or Blackboard) and ask them to answer the questions on the following handout. Alternatively, assign this handout as a research log and ask students to use it to record citation information for the sources they select for their research.

This course introduces students to the role of human service professionals working in an urban environment. Students will learn about the historical context that led to the development of the various human service professions, with an emphasis on New York City. Other topics to be discussed include the value, knowledge, and skill base of the helping process, culturally competent work, and issues of social justice. Emphasis will be place on the relationships between social welfare policy, human need, and the provision of human services.

This course introduces the student to the basic subject matter, questions, and assumptions of study common to Philosophy and the Humanities. Through a preliminary inquiry into how writers, historians, and philosophers represent an idea, such as the construction of knowledge, students will become familiar with how the humanities employ questions of form, effect, affect, and value. This course includes Experiential Learning Opportunities (ELO) with the goal of a more transformational and engaged learning experience.

This course provides an overview of urban public and community health, and the fields of work in
engaging, understanding, preventing and intervening in illness and disability in our City. Students
learn the social and policy factors that influence the health of a community and its members; the
emerging roles in community health work; and the role of the health care system in community health.

Upon completion of this module the students will be able to know: State and understand the postulates of Dalton’s atomic theory of matter, Name and characterize the fundamental subatomic particles, Determine the number of electrons, protons and neutrons based on mass and atomic numbers, Define and recognize isotopes of the same and different elements, Define the atomic mass unit and its relation to the gram, Calculate average atomic masses of elements given their isotopes and their abundances, Describe the general structure of the periodic table of the elements, Distinguish between groups and rows in the periodic table, Classify elements as main group, transition, or inner transition elements (lanthanides or actinides), as alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, chalcogens, halogens, or noble gases, and as metals, nonmetals or metalloids, Distinguish between atomic number, atomic weight, and atomic symbol.

What is chemistry? Chemistry is the study of matter, so now the next question is what is matter? In this unit, we will discuss pure substances and mixtures, as well as physical and chemical properties.

The following learning activities are PowerPoint slides and video that emphasize various topics in Measurements--The Metric Sysytem and SI units; Converting Units; Significant Figures; Measuring Volume and Mass; Density and Specific gravity; Measuring Temperature. Each includes basic concepts and learning checks to test your progress.