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Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 8) – Capturing Perspective: The Art of Documentary Theater

Jul. 20, 2016—Students, I’m… Well, I’m insanely proud of you. In such a short period of time, you have accomplished so much! In the last three days, you have crafted a new play – a new play! – from your collected primary sources. You’ve rehearsed and shaped and sharpened that play, and now you have a draft...

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Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 6) – Neuroscience of the Senses

Jul. 18, 2016—Today we started up our second week of Neuroscience of the Senses! We started out the day with a challenging activity before starting up our unit on the auditory system. Prior to covering the actual setup of the auditory system, the students were tasked with plotting out how they would design a sensory system that...

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Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4PM, Day 5) – Capturing Perspective: The Art of Documentary Theater

Jul. 15, 2016—Thank you for a fun day, and for an accomplished end to our exciting and very creative week! It’s impressive how much we’ve covered, and in so short a time. You’ve encountered samples of Documentary Theatre speaking to a range of styles and approaches. You’ve examined the “science” of storytelling, taking note of the formulas...

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Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 4AM, Day 5) – Neuroscience of the Senses

Jul. 15, 2016—We started our Friday by examining a striking condition known as prosopagnosia, or face blindness. This cognitive disorder of perception makes visual recognition of faces incredibly difficult. Examining this condition allowed us to bring our vision unit to a close by examining the higher-level processing needed for us to understand our visual world in a...

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