In this class, you will work through a couple of quick mini projects and complete one final class project.

Mini Project 1: Pick an object, animal or phenomena and list all that you see, hear, smell, touch/feel and taste. Arrange your words in any way (as scribbles on paper, words on a slide, or add a drawing,) and upload it to your class project.

Mini Project 2: Pick an abstract scientific idea or phenomena and list all that you see, hear, smell, touch/feel and taste. Mix sensations and try to relate the abstract ideas to your everyday experiences. Arrange your words in any way (as scribbles on paper, words on a slide, or add a drawing,) and upload it to your class project.

Mini Project 3: Take all your words and phrases and create a Haiku. Recall the 5-7-5 sequence of syllables. Upload your Haiku (as scribbles on paper, typed, on a slide, or with a drawing) to your class project.

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Final Project: Write a free verse poem on a scientific topic of your interest, and upload your poem (as scribbles on paper, typed, on a slide, with a drawing, or read aloud) to your class project. Follow these steps:

- Pick a topic. You can work with the topic from your previous exercise or something new.
- Write freely on what you know about the topic.
- Do some preliminary research.
- Catch a train of thought and see where it takes you. Wonder.
- Ask why? Ask how? Dive into the nitty gritty.
- “Visualize” abstract ideas using your senses.
- Don’t be afraid to mix senses.
- Embrace unexpected connections.
- Add in the human condition.
- Tinker with rhyme and rhythm, break some “rules.”
- Make writing and researching a continuous looping process.
- Write your final version in an easy to read format, handwritten or typed, and post it to your class project.

Deepali Khatri

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