Extra Credit Opportunity

The Time has changed from 5 pm to 6 pm. See you at 6 pm!

For my ERTH-106 Black Holes class I do a weekly Zoom Chat with a Scientist or Former Student. We talk about science, astronomy, how to get scholarships and internships, and with tips and advice about transferring from SBCC to other schools. Students from all my other classes are invited to join the conversation. You can get extra credit for each Zoom Chat session you attend (please join us only if genuinely interested, not just for extra credit). I can also take your participation into consideration at the end of the semester to boost your grade if you are borderline (like if you really want that A, and are almost there)! So, join us if you can. Info for this week's Zoom Chat is given below.

Zoom Chat with Scientist / Alumni, Thr April 28 at 6 pm (Extra Credit if you attend LIVE)
Here is the recording.
https://youtu.be/urKowMxoBOA
- Rob Geller teaches physics at UCSB, has done research with Black Holes, and is also the author of both a college level physics text and a college level math-based astronomy text. Although he enjoys doing research and working on textbooks, he especially loves to teach and has won several teaching awards at UCSB. In his spare time he rock climbs and we often philosophize about science, teaching, life, family, parallel universes, and how to keep our kids out of trouble!
Each week we will set up a Zoom chat with a scientist working with astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, or science and engineering, or an alum of SBCC from our astronomy program to see what they are doing now with school, education, or their lives and careers. Some of our former students are doing amazing things. I will be reaching out to contacts I've made over my teaching career so that we can personalize and humanize the material and create more of an "in person" classroom environment.