Projects of 2006 |
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Department | Faculty Sponsor | Team
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| Baja Atlas Project |
| Backus, David and Johnson, Markes (Geosciences) & Ice Cream |
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| Imagine you are a bird flying along the coast of the Baja peninsula with the ability to see the geological makeup of the coastline. With high resolution satellite images, elevation model data, and ArcGIS software, you can. For this project, short movie tours of various parts of the peninsula and islands in the region were created for DVDs that will be sold with an atlas, to be published in the near future. Here are three samples: 1) Isla Angel de la Guarda; 2) Punta Chivato Isla San Marcos; 3) Isla Carmen. |
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Chemcasts (  ) |
| Bingemann, Dieter (Chemistry) & Ice Cream |
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| The only time in your daily routine that hasn't yet been exploited for
learning purposes is your daily workout. Chemcasts are interesting
stories about chemistry in the form of short podcasts, so that
students can automatically download them from iTunes and work out
while listening. Find out, for example, how to keep soda from
exploding, why ice cream doesn't refreeze properly, and why diamonds
actually are not forever. |
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| HHMI Science Grant website |
| Raymond, Wendy (Biology) & Ice Cream |
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| The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Grant funds many projects
for Williams and the community. This website is the first time all of
these opportunities are organized in one place for easy access and
informational purposes. |
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| Williams in New York website |
| Jackall, Robert (Williams in New York) & Ice Cream |
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| Williams in New York is a pilot program with an existing website that
was structured in such a way that did not convey the excitement and
opportunity that the program offered. The project's goal was to
restructure and redesign the site so that it would be more dynamic and
enticing for future potential students, as well as alum who could help
enhance the program. |
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| EnzymAtion |
| Hutson, Lara (Biology) & Oh Bother! |
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| EnzymAtion is a collection of the reactions of glycolysis with specific
emphasis on the PFK-1 enzyme in the third step of glycolysis. This enzyme
illustrates many principles of biology such as feedback inhibition and
allosteric inhibition. This collection will serve as a useful tool to students
to learn the process of the glycolic pathway, allowing them to view each step
as it happens with the appropriate explanation. |
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| Field Botany Website |
| Art, Hank and Edwards, Joan (Biology) & Oh Bother! |
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| The Field Botany Website incorporates two previous sites’ worth of content: the Botany course website from 1999 and the recent Blackboard site. The aim was to provide a site that students could easily use for reference while taking the course. The site includes a plant manual with descriptions and images of plant species and families, videos of plant habitats, PowerPoint presentations on evolutionary botany and much, much more! |
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| Haystack Bicentennial Documentary |
| Spalding, Rick (Chaplain’s Office) & Oh Bother! |
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| The Haystack Bicentennial Documentary was made to be shown during the opening ceremony of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Haystack event, when five Williams students decided to devote their lives to spreading Christianity as missionaries. The film recounts the events of that day and tells the story of the development of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. |
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| High-Speed Physics Videos |
| Whitaker, Dwight (Physics) & Oh Bother! |
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| Using a high-speed camera taking thousands of pictures per second, Professor Whitaker shot videos of various phenomena that happen at speeds too fast to see. These pictures were compiled into videos that show, in extremely slow motion, events such as a wine glass being shattered by sound waves and a balloon being punctured. These videos, with descriptions of the physics behind them, were put into a website designed by the team to be viewed by physics students and the general public alike. |
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| Biology 101: The Survival Guide |
| Raymond, Wendy (Biology) & Pixel Pirates |
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| This website was designed with the goal of making biology appealing to
non-majors. Making the subject less intimidating, the website consists of study
strategies, research opportunities, resources for students, and a facebook of
mentors, t.a.s, and professors. A video of how to approach professors was also
created and will be up on the website. The video describes good and bad ways to
approach professors to make the process of getting to know professors easier
for first year students. |
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| Japanese Katakana Assessment |
| Yamada, Reiko (Japanese) & Pixel Pirates |
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| Consisting of 3 categories- Identification, Reading Comprehension, and Listening
Comprehension, this website was designed purely for classroom purposes. For
Professor Yamada's students taking japanese, this website offers a variety of
exercises and practice problems ranging from identifying clip art objects to
reading and listening to japanese vocabulary (the site is available only on campus). |
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| Renaissance Music and Saint Donatian |
| Bloxam, Jennifer (Music) & Pixel Pirates |
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| An annotated score and listening component will be up on the website. The music was composed by Jacob Obrecht who was commissioned by Adriane de Vos in the 15th century to write a mass in the memory of her deceased husband Donaes de Moor. The website will also consist of an accurate historical account of what happened as this was an unusually well-documented event. Here are two examples (flash is required): Christe and Credo |
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| The Gallery of Planetary Nebula Spectra |
| Kwitter, Karen (Astronomy) & Pixel Pirates |
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| A complete revisioning of the current astronomy site making it more assessible
to users as well reorganizing the table of Nebula Spectra which consists of
over 120 spectra. The goal was to make everything about the website more
inviting and to make it look less text-based. |
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| Ethics Bowl Web Sites |
| Pedroni, Julia (Philosophy) & Tragic Productions |
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| We are creating two websites: the first one is for the Williams
College Ethics Bowl where team members can discuss cases and get information
about the Ethics Bowl and anyone who is interested in the Ethics Bowl can learn
more about it; the second one is the Northeast Regional Ethics Bowl site that is
there to inform people about the Regional Bowl and emphasizes more the
logistical and rules oriented side of the competition. |
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| Gaudino Educational Initiatives |
| Greene, Carrie, Cassiday, Julia and Riehl, Dale (Dean's Office) & Tragic Productions |
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| A website that is inviting to all people to
discover the legacy of Robert Gaudino. It is a site where students, factuly,
alumni, and the general public can come and discover: what the purpose of
Winter Study 99s is and how to apply for funding; the initiatives of the
Gaudino Scholar; the mission of the Robert L. Gaudino Memorial Fund. The site
is there to help advocate experiential education and uncomfortable learning as
means to a greater and fuller educational experience inside and outside the
classroom. |
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| Lane Faison Video |
| Reynolds, Linda (Art) & Tragic Productions |
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| S. Lane Faison, professor of art history from 1936 to 1976 and director of WCMA
for more than two decades, was one of the key figures in the art restitution
process after World War Two. He interrogated Nazi art collectors, wrote the
official report on Hitler's personal trove, and briefly oversaw one of the
major redistribution centers in Germany. The video project substantially
augments archival footage of a lecture by Faison in 2002 and incorporates newly
recorded interview material. |
