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| 1501 | Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David. | |
| 1833 | The first imported shipment of ice arrived in Calcutta, India, from Boston, Mass., Started with 180 tons – 100 reached India. | |
| 1848 | Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot (0.91 m)-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.Link:
When he went back to the railroad at the end of 1849, his employer said, “Gage was no longer Gage.” Instead of the incredible mature, well-liked, respectful employee, Phineas was extremely aggressive, belligerent, vulgar individual who had no respect for authority, and couldn’t plan or keep to a given plan. He couldn’t do any goal directed activities and lacked some basic executive function skills. |
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| 1853 | Birth of Hans Christian Joachim Gram, inventor of the Gram stain, the most widely used bacterial staining method. | |
| 1898 | Reverend Hannibal Williston Goodwin was issued a U.S. patent for his invention of “nitro cellulose transparent flexible photographic film pellicles” i.e celluloid photographic film | |
| 1899 | Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident. | |
| 1916 | Death of Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill | |
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Veja Du, or Deja Vu? |
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This Day in History |
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World of Wonder |
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Roots of STEM the book!Link to Roots-of-STEM-book (pdf) |
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Surveys
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What’s Happening? |
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Discussion – What is coming up this fall
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Dream IT Share Out – Part II |
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Designing for Anticipation
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Reflection Time |
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Looking Forward |
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