Academic Communities - How Things Work
Science, Math and Technology
This Academic Community is committed to exploring science, math, technology and their related fields. If you have ever wondered how something works, then this is the place for you.
Academic Communities foster connections between formal academic experiences and other opportunities for learning. As a result, your academic experiences relate to your life interests and goals.
For more information, contact Bill Warburton at wwarburton@carrollcc.edu or Jerry Schubert at jschubert@carrollcc.edu.
Fall 2011 Activities
Bus Trip - U.S. Botanic Garden/Smithsonian Museums - Washington, D.C.
Friday, Sept. 30
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
TRIP CANCELLED DUE TO LOW SIGN-UP
Movie - "King Corn"
Wednesday, Oct. 12
7-9:30 p.m.
Room L-287
"King Corn" is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the East Coast, move to the Heartland to learn the origin of their food. With the help of friendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive, most-subsidized grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system, what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat and how we farm. After the movie, join Science Department Chairperson Anne Davis for a discussion.
For additional information, contact Anne Davis - adavis@carrollcc.edu
Bus Trip - Maryland Science Center - Baltimore, MD
Friday, Oct. 28
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
$14 per person (admission to Science Center; bus ride is free)
Sign up in the Cashier's Office by Thursday, Oct. 27.
Meet the bus in Carroll's main parking lot.
Bottled water and snack are provided on the bus.
Join us as we travel to the Maryland Science Center, which is known as one of the main attractions located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The Maryland Science Center boasts three levels of exhibits and demonstrations, in addition to the IMAX Theater, the Davis Planetarium and the Crosby Ramsey Memorial Observatory. A visit to the Maryland Science Center is a great opportunity to exercise one's imagination and challenge one's mind.
For additional information, contact Anne Davis - adavis@carrollcc.edu
Punkin Chunkin - Bridgeville, DE
Saturday, Nov. 5
Bus leaves 7:30 a.m. and returns approximately 8:30 p.m.
Meet the bus in Carroll's main parking lot.
Free - Sign up at the Cashier's Office.
Punkin Chunkin is known as the sport of hurling a pumpkin by mechanical means for distance. The devices used to accomplish this feat include slingshots, catapults, centrifugals, trebuchets and pneumatic air cannons. Join us as we travel to Bridgeville, DE, which is the site for the annual World Champion Punkin Chunkin. This event is co-sponsored by the S.T.E.M. Club and How Things Work Academic Community
For additional information, contact Dr. Raza Khan - rkhan@carrollcc.edu or Maria Burness - mburness@carrollcc.edu
Movie - "Tapped"
Wednesday, Nov. 9
7 - 9:30 p.m.
Room K-100
Join us for a showing of the movie "Tapped," which examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution and our reliance on oil.
For additional information, contact David Reynolds at dreynolds@carrollcc.edu
Future events:
Check back for dates and times.
- Service Project - Canned Food Drive
