Chemistry is the study of matter. Our understanding of chemical processes thus depends on our ability to acquire accurate information about matter. Often, this information is quantitative, in the form of measurements. In this lab, you will be introduced to some common measuring devices, and learn how to use them to obtain correct measurements, each with correct precision. A metric ruler will be used to measure length in centimeters (cm).

This interactive workshop, inspired by Transformative Learning in the Humanities and based on classroom experience, explores the significant value of approaching AI through the lens of ungrading. The workshop focuses on two main strategies. The first--approaching AI through ungrading--consists in learning process letters that include questions about AI. The second--supporting ungrading with AI tools--consists in setting up custom educational bots (e.g. motivational coach, self-grading assistant) to support students with their assignments.

This site hosts a blog about social justice issues through the lens of love, mutual aid, solidarity, and community-building. Students write reflections about their lived experiences and social justice topics.

Libguide OER for Prof. Jill Cavanaugh's course: ANTH 3360: Language Loss: Culture, Politics and Self. What does it mean to lose or risk losing your language? What is the value of language, to speakers, to experts like anthropologists, to humanity more broadly? This course explores answers to these questions through thinking about language as a cultural practice and object, a political activity and topic, and something that is deeply entwined with speakers’ senses of self. We will consider case studies from the US immigrant experience as well as cases of language endangerment and loss around the globe. To analyze these issues more immediately, students will do a research project about a language in Brooklyn, which will involve mapping ethnographic research, photographic, interviews, and other evidence to tell a story about a particular language’s current vitality

An introduction to the history of art, emphasizing visual literacy in an historical context. Major works of art and architecture, drawn from a wide range of world cultures and periods from ancient times to the present, will be explored.

Students will learn to analyze works of art critically from both an historical and an interpretative point of view; in addition, they will gain an understanding of the importance of cultural diversity through exposure to the arts of many different times and places.
Students will have extensive practice in articulating aesthetic judgments effectively in spoken and written form.
Students will learn how to draw upon the cultural riches of New York City to enhance their learning within and outside the classroom.
Identify unique characteristics of several artistic traditions, and recognize and analyze the differences among the major periods, artists, genres, and theories of art.
Use terms of art historical analysis correctly and be able to apply them to unfamiliar works.

This is a treasure hunt game that simulates various disabilities and gives a sense of how frustrating non-accessible content can be for people with disabilities. Suitable for a general audience, no programming experience necessary.
An editable copy is also given, along with ideas about how to make it more accessible.

This activity guides students through the evaluation of a website that they have created to see if it is accessible for users with disabilities. Students will simulate a number of different disabilities (e.g. visual impairments, color blindness, auditory impairments, motor impairments) to see if their website is accessible; they will also use automated W3 and WAVE tools to evaluate their sites. Students will consider the needs of users with disabilities by creating a persona and scenario of a user with disabilities interacting with their site. Finally, students will write up recommendations to change their site and implement the changes.

CUNY’s classrooms are famously diverse, a reality reflected in the vast number of languages spoken by undergraduate students. Have you thought about how this language diversity will impact your teaching, and specifically how they how language dynamics impact classroom communication? How do we as instructors (especially international students and non-native English speakers) address the politics of language in the classroom? What strategies are there to make our classrooms more inclusive of non-native English speakers, and what are the benefits of seeking to “activate” the multiple linguistic identities of our students as elements of our learning?

This workshop will expose attendees to activities and assignments that empower multilingual learners and foreground diverse modes of classroom engagement including verbal, written, and non-verbal communication.

Actividades de práctica con aprendices del español is an online corpus of videos of second language and heritage language learners of Spanish during oral interviews and provides supplemental activities to help viewers investigate learners’ language and proficiency levels.

An A-Frame Virtual Reality Programming activity for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

A Binary Code activity and worksheet for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

An Encryption activity and worksheet for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

This activity guides students through an interactive article from the Pew Research Center, which presents data from a study on gender attitudes in a novel and interesting way. This was designed to be completed at home before an early class on gender attitudes and gender socialization. It should be paired with an in-class discussion about students' impressions of the research findings. 

A Python Functions activity - "Drawing with Turtle" - for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

A Python Functions activity - "Scrabble game" - for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

A Python IF-ELSE activity - "The Dating Equation" - for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.

A Python Lists activity - "Gift Exchange" - for CS0 students. Part of the CUNY CS04All project.