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Computing (Introduction)
2.30 - 3.30 pm Thursdays at Eaton Bank School, 6 week course starting Thursday 7th October.
Arthur Tomlinson
A 6 week course starting 7th October, with a break for Half Term, and for 6 weeks from 13th January with no break. The medium will be Microsoft Word. Weekly fee of £1.50. Maximum 6 people.
Earth Science
1.30 - 3.00 pm Tuesdays at St John Headquarters, starting Tuesday 12 October.
Elizabeth Hallam
A mix of guest speakers, field trips and basic earth science, appealing to those interested in the environments of the past and the formation of our landscape.
This group is provisional, depending on the location of the organiser.
The History Of Medicine
11.15am Thursdays at St John Headquarters, starting Thursday 23rd September.
Lyndon Murgatroyd.
I ran this course for 3 years on Tuesday mornings and it proved very popular. Last year however I introduced the new course The Jigsaw of Man (see below) which was run on Tuesday mornings.
It has however been possible to obtain Thursday mornings. so the History of Medicine course can also be reinstated again on that day.
So what will you let yourself in for if you do decide to join this group?
The course will explore the early period of the development of medicine moving through from prehistoric times, to Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Chinese and then to medieval period. On this journey, we will encounter giants in medicine; Imhotep, Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna etc. Having laid the foundations we will then go on to talk about specific diseases of the period, how they developed, the social implications arising from them, and how some of them have been overcome. These include Malaria, Black Death, Leprosy, Smallpox etc. The history of the development of the microscope will fit in somewhere which will lead us on to talk about more familiar diseases that plagued the country in the late 19th early 20th century, cholera, TB, Anthrax, etc.
The course will also cover the more important pioneers of medicine that drove it forward i.e., William Harvey, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Robert Hooke, and many others. Other sections covered include the history of anatomy, the history of herbalism, the history of surgery and public health issues. The course will include great discoveries of the 20th century, antibiotics, Fleming and penicillin, Watson & Crick and the double helix, genetics, etc., leading on to the history of the development and treatment of some of the more well known conditions, diabetes, AIDS, cancer, etc.
This should bring us up to date and include a brief look at the development of modern instruments in the fight against disease e g, fibre-optics, scanners, designer drugs etc. The main body of the course will be presented on Powerpoint, but I hope to be able to add interest with suitable videos.
The course will commence on Thursday the 23rd September and run through the Winter and Spring terms and possibly into the last term.
The Jigsaw of Man
11.15am Tuesdays at St John Headquarters, starting Tuesday 21st September.
Lyndon Murgatroyd.
The purpose of the course is to show from a cellular point of view how the human body is structured, how it works under normal conditions and what happens when things go wrong.
The course will endeavour to explain structure and function of all the organs in the body and how they relate to each other. To this end numerous photomicrographs will be shown illustrating all aspects of the body. It will suit people who have been on the History of Medicine course or who have any interest in science.
The course will be presented on Powerpoint and much of it will be pictorial. It has been designed to hopefully entertain as well as hopefully provide you with helpful information
Each session is limited to one hour because the course is detailed and I think that one and half hours would be too much to take in.
The course is, of necessity, littered with scientific language, but I will do my best to ensure that everything is clearly explained.
To give you a flavour of what session titles to expect, here are several; The Cell, The Blood, Connective Tissue, Muscle, The Nervous System, The Respiratory System, The Reproductive System and so on.
It would be an advantage if those interested had access to a computer as the notes can be sent direct. The reason for this is that the notes contain a considerable amount of coloured illustrations which would be costly to print out on a multiple basis.
The length of the course will be approximately 12 weeks.
Microsoft Office Applications 2003
3.30 - 5.00 pm Tuesdays at Eaton Bank High School, starting Tuesday 5th October.
Karen Meech & John Cain
An introduction to the Microsoft suite of office applications 2003. The course will run for 10 weeks in the Autumn Term 2010 and continue for another 10 weeks into the Spring Term 2011. The required skills will be introduced via Word 2003 and Internet Explorer, these will then be developed further using Publisher 2003, Excel 2003 and PowerPoint 2003 to create simple booklets, spreadsheets and slide presentations. Maximum 20.
Spotlight on Food
11.15 am - 12.45 pm Mondays at St Mary’s Church Hall, starting Monday 27th September
Frances Falla
A light hearted but informative look at today's food and drink. Likely topics: What are proteins, carbohydrates, and fats?; Omega 3; Additives - are they all bad?; Labels and logos; Processed foods; Bugs and nasties; When does a food become a medicine? Choices at the supermarket; Will five a day keep the doctor away? In fact anything connected to food except cookery, touching on the science but a science background is not required.
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