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Newton’s Experiments with Light and Color

The big questions:

How do scientists turn their curiosity into scientific discoveries?
How do scientists learn from each other to move our understanding forward?
What is the scientific method and how might we use it in our own lives?
Where does color come from and how do things “have” a color?

The content:

We will read Newton’s letter to [...]

Emerson and Thoreau – How Shall We Live?

The big questions:

How shall we live?

What can a couple of Transcendentalists from the early 1800′s tell us about our lives today?

What are Transcendentalists and what are they transcending?

How should we relate to our own inspirations?

How might we relate to people in the past?

How should we balance our relationships with others and nature?

The content:

Selections from [...]

Ben Franklin – Autobiography of a Super Man

The big questions:

How did a printer’s apprentice educate himself to become a successful business and political leader, author, scientist, and diplomat?
What can we learn from this avowed autodidact about our own life’s work?

The content:

We will read selections from Franklin’s Autobiography and Poor Richard’s Almanac that help us to understand how to emulate his love [...]