BC Splash is a free, one-day opportunity for high-school students to be immersed in a college environment for a day of fun, informative, and inspiring courses taught by Boston College undergraduate and graduate students. Besides the courses, there are separate opportunities for students and parents to mingle and learn. This spring BC Splash will be held 9AM-4PM on Sunday, April 6. Registration is open now until April 2. (You need to create a free account and sign in before registering for courses.) For more information, see the BC Splash FAQ or email BCSplash@gmail.com or call 617-297-7524.
Here are the courses to be offered in science, mathematics, and computer science:
10AM:
- Biodiversity: Bizarre organisms and where to find them
- Intro to Drug Design for Human Diseases
- Twistatistics
- Calculus: Cheating with Math
11AM:
- The Dying Earth: Our disappearing resources
- Language and the Brain
- Connecting the Nerves of Neuroscience: A Basic Overview of Your Nervous System
- Mathematical Formatting with LaTeX
Noon:
- The Human Brain (and the Consequences When Things Go Wrong!)
- The Biochemistry of Music
1PM:
- The Human Brain (and the Consequences When Things Go Wrong!)
- Polymers
- Infinitely Many Proofs of Infinitely Many Primes!
2PM:
- The Human Brain (and the Consequences When Things Go Wrong!)
- Understanding Quantum Mechanics
- Relativity and you
- Ever to Excel!
3PM:
- Amazing Organisms (a step in to the Biological world)
- Sustainability in the 21st Century
- I’ve Got My Ion You: It’s Time for Chemistry!
- Smart Devices in the Internet Age: Wearable Technology and the Connected Home