東京理科大学 Listening & Speaking 1b: Fall final presentation assignment & Writing & Composition 1b: Writing assignment 5・後学期末プレゼンテーション・作文5

Hello!

How are you? This is a post for both the Listening & Speaking and Writing & Composition classes. 

For the Listening & Speaking class, this is our fall semester final presentation assignment. For Writing & Composition, this will be writing assignment 5 - the third (3rd) writing assignment for the fall semester. 

Themes

For both classes, here are your choice of topics. You can choose one (1) of these: 

• A currency, or unique, non-capitalistic economic system from another country or period of history
• Key mistakes or accidents involving engineering (in any kind of engineering, such as chemical, electrical, or mechanical engineering)
• Principles (原理) of biology or biochemistry
• Explaining details and use of a chemical compound or a medicine

Deadlines (締め切り) 
For Listening & Speaking:

Your presentation day will be on December 23rd (12/23), so you have three (3) weeks to prepare. 

For Writing & Composition:
It will be on December 16th (12/16), so you have two (2) weeks to prepare. 

Guidelines 
For Listening & Speaking:

1. Prepare a summary (要約) about the topic you want to present on. The summary will be due for check on December 16th (12/16). 

As we did before with the mid-term presentations, you will evaluate your classmates' presentations in groups.

2. Be ready for me to review your progress on 12/16 and for you to practice your presentation in-class. You can practice with me and/or other groups of students.

* This is very important! You don't have to have the presentation 100% finished - but you have to have enough content so you can practice!

3. Finalize your presentation outside of class and be ready to present on December 23rd!

For Writing & Composition:
Have a rough draft ready to read aloud to your classmates next week on December 9th (12/9). I will give you time in class to work on it - but it must be finished and handed in on December 16th (12/16). 

* This is very important! I will immediately show you the final presentation assignment on 12/16 - so you need to have writing assignment 5 finished and handed in so you can start on the final writing assignment! 

Now here are the board notes for our classes on 12/2. The first set of notes are for Listening & Speaking 1b:

Now here is Writing & Composition 1b:

Good luck to all of you! See you next week!

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東京理科大学 Writing & Composition 1b: Accidents of chemical engineering - the case of LSD・化学工学、研究の過失「LSDについて」

Hello!

How are you? To go with our reading today about the accidental discovery of LSD, here is a video of a famous song that many people felt was about LSD - the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

Before we begin, however, as a review, here are the board notes for our class on 11/4: 

Now let's look at, and listen to, the song!

The Beatles themselves said that it was not about LSD, or any drugs at all. But the lyrics to the song have the imagery to them that fit in part with what Albert Hoffman had said were his experiences with LSD when he began experimenting with it in the 1940s.

In the U.S., Britain, and Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, LSD became a popular drug amongst hippies and many other young people, and influenced the popular music of the time. The concert poster at the top was typical of the time for its psychedelic imagery - the kind many people connected with LSD use.

While many believed that LSD was not harmful, the experiences of many young people at the time showed that it could be very harmful - especially in young people who might already have had delicate mental health. 

LSD became an example of a discovery in science that later became important in the cultural history of the late 20th century in many Western countries - but for the wrong reasons. 

Activity/homework
Listen to this song. Listen to it as many times as you want or need. You do not have to understand what they mean - because the lyrics really do not make a logical story at all. But what do you think of it? What imagery do you get from the song that you find fantastic or impactful? How do you think it might fit with what Albert Hoffman's experience with LSD was? 

Make some notes about this and bring them in next week to share. 

See you then!

Images: Top - screenshot of original image taken from https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/11/our-favorite-concert-posters.html/Board notes - personal photograph. All rights reserved.

I do not own the rights to the original image. Screenshot taken and uploaded for classroom use only. 

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the musical composition or the video. Uploaded for classroom purposes only. 

電気通信大学 ASE I: Accidents of science - the case of LSD・理科、研究の過失「LSDについて」

Hello!

How are you? To go with our reading today about the accidental discovery of LSD, here is a video of a song that many people felt was about the kind of drug experience that LSD creates. 

In the U.S., Britain, and Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, LSD became a popular drug amongst hippies and many other young people, and it influenced the popular music of the time. 

The rock concert poster above was typical of the time for its psychedelic imagery - the kind many people connected with LSD use.

While many believed that LSD was not harmful, the experiences of many young people at the time showed that it could be very harmful - especially in young people who might already have had delicate mental health. 

LSD became an example of a discovery in science that later became important in the cultural history of the late 20th century in many Western countries - often for the wrong reasons. 

Activity/homework
Listen to this song as many times as you want or need. You do not have to understand what it means - because the lyrics really do not make a logical story at all. But what do you think of it? What imagery do you get from the song that you find fantastic or impactful? How do you think it might fit with what Albert Hoffman's experience with LSD was? 

Make some notes about this and bring them in next week to share. 

Here are the board notes for our class on 6/4:

See you then!

Image: Screenshot of original image from https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e1a12837c58156a98ba36d/t/57f5698e2e69cfd39f9ab989/1475701158908/pae-insiders-report.pdf 
I do not own the rights to the original image. not copyright infringement intended. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). Screenshot taken and uploaded for classroom use only. 
Board notes - personal photograph. All rights reserved.

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the musical composition or the video. Uploaded for classroom purposes only. 

電気通信大学 ASE I: Accidents of science - the case of LSD・理科、研究の過失「LSDについて」

Hello!

How are you? To go with our reading today about the accidental discovery of LSD, here is a video of a famous song that many people felt was about LSD - the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

The Beatles themselves said that it was not about LSD, or any drugs at all. John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who wrote the song together, had both said that it was based on a painting that John Lennon's son had done at his school. But the lyrics to the song have the imagery to them that fit, in part, with what Albert Hoffman had said were his experiences with LSD when he began experimenting with it in the 1940s.

In the U.S., Britain, and Europe in the 1960s and 1970s, LSD became a popular drug amongst hippies and many other young people, and influenced the popular music, of the time . The concert poster at the top is from 1967 and was typical of the time for its psychedelic imagery - the kind many people connected with LSD use.

While many believed that LSD was not harmful, the experiences of many young people at the time showed that it could be very harmful - especially in young people who might already have had delicate mental health. 

LSD became an example of a discovery in science that later became important in the cultural history of the late 20th century in many Western countries - but for the wrong reasons. 

Activity/homework
Listen to this song. Listen to it as many times as you want or need. You do not have to understand what they mean - because the lyrics really do not make a logical story at all. But what do you think of it? What imagery do you get from the song that you find fantastic or impactful? How do you think it might fit with what Albert Hoffman's experience with LSD was? 

Make some notes about this and bring them in next week to share. 

See you then!

Image: Screenshot taken from https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2013/11/our-favorite-concert-posters.html

I do not own the rights to the original image. Screenshot taken and uploaded for classroom use only. 

Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the musical composition or the video. Uploaded for classroom purposes only.