Math and Sciences • Life Sciences

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P201 BIRDING 101: INTRODUCTION TO BIRD WATCHING

OLLI program: Wilmington Course location: Arsht Hall, Wilmington Monday 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates of class: 2/7/2022 - 5/9/2022 • Class limit: 30 Instructors: Lloyd Maier, Paul Beckman Number of class sessions: 13 • Price for course: $70 Course format: Lecture, Active (Hands-on/physical movement)

This course touches on why, when and where to bird. Topics include equipment, reference materials and internet support, ID techniques, listing and bird songs. Practical experience takes place with 8 a.m. bird walks on the OLLI grounds before class, and field trips. Delaware is a prime birding site—get to know it!

P202 BURDEN OF PROOF: BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: Trinity Faith Education Bldg., Lewes Thursday 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates of class: 2/10/2022 - 4/28/2022 • Class limit: 30 Instructor: Neil Sullivan Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Discussion, Lecture

The course will examine the well-established legal standard “beyond a reasonable doubt” and its application throughout the American judicial system: in law enforcement and criminal prosecution, in legal defense, and to the layperson in a jury. The course will also address the burden-of-proof differences between criminal and civil cases. The last session will include a presentation by class volunteers (prosecutor and defense counsel) to the jury (class) of an actual major case. This hybrid-format course meets as two distinct but concurrent sections, one inperson, one online. In-person participants may join in the online class when their schedule requires.

P202-06 BURDEN OF PROOF: BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Thursday 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates of class: 2/10/2022 - 4/28/2022 • Class limit: 25 Instructor: Neil Sullivan Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Discussion, Lecture Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

This section is offered online. Same as P202 except location. This hybrid-format course meets as two distinct but concurrent sections, one in-person, one online. Due to space constraints, students enrolled in the online section do not hold a seat in the in-person class. Register for the appropriate section. Technical requirements are listed for online participation.

P203 DENTAL, MEDICAL, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERIES *

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Tuesday 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates of class: 2/8/2022 - 4/26/2022 Instructors: Timothy Gibbs, Kate Smith Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Video Based Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

Join us virtually and learn about the latest in dental, medical and public health disciplines. A combination of local experts and prerecorded national speakers are coupled with audience participation through the chat and Q&A features, and through direct interaction with the presenters and your classmates.

P220 GARDENING WITH NATIVE PLANTS

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: Trinity Faith Education Bldg., Lewes Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Dates of class: 4/7/2022 - 5/5/2022 • Class limit: 30 Instructor: Ptery Iris Number of class sessions: 5 • Price for course: $25 Course format: Lecture, Active

Think globally, act locally! This five-part class will address the importance of planting native plants in the home garden landscape, to provide food and habitat for wildlife and sustain healthy ecosystems. We’ll explore how we can help to reverse the decline in biodiversity starting in our own backyards.

P210 HOW THE BRAIN WORKS *

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Thursday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/10/2022 - 4/28/2022 Instructor: Michael Salvatore Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Lecture Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video Required text: Your Brain Explained by Marc Dingman, Ph.D. (ISBN: 1473696550)

This course will teach the function and structure of the brain by exploring 10 functions of the brain: fear, memory, sleep, language, sadness, movement, vision, pleasure, pain and attention. Normal function and common diseases will covered. The course will conclude with a lecture on brain aging. Attendees should expect to learn a how their brains work by exploring what their brains do. Each lecture is based on a chapter in the recommended text. No prior knowledge of neuroscience is necessary.

P219 INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: Trinity Faith Education Bldg., Lewes Tuesday 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dates of class: 2/8/2022 - 3/8/2022 • Class limit: 40 Instructors: Denise Bridgens, Joan Mansperger Number of class sessions: 5 • Price for course: $25 Course format: Lecture

Here’s your opportunity to learn about beekeeping firsthand from enthusiastic beekeepers! Learn the fascinating history, importance, rewards and challenges of raising honeybees. Other pollinators and the significance of native plants will be discussed. This course will feature guest lecturers Linda Rancourt, president of the Lewes Beekeeping Club, along with club member Sumner Crosby. This hybrid-format course meets as two distinct but concurrent sections, one in-person, one online. In-person participants may join in the online class when their schedule requires.

P219-06 INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Tuesday 2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Dates of class: 2/8/2022 - 3/8/2022 • Class limit: 40 Instructors: Denise Bridgens, Joan Mansperger Number of class sessions: 5 • Price for course: $25 Course format: Lecture Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

This section is offered online. Same as P219 except location. This hybrid-format course meets as two distinct but concurrent sections, one in-person, one online. Due to space constraints, students enrolled in the online section do not hold a seat in the in-person class. Register for the appropriate section. Technical requirements are listed for online participation.

P221 MOTHS, BIRDS AND NATURE ON iNATURALIST **

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: Trinity Faith Education Bldg., Lewes Wednesday 9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Dates of class: 4/6/2022 - 5/4/2022 • Class limit: 15 Instructor: William Fintel Number of class sessions: 5 • Price for course: $25 Course format: Discussion, Lecture, Active

The iNaturalist app is the most human and user-friendly virtual experience that I have seen. You, an individual observer, can help the world of nature and fellow naturalists with your observations, and they can help you become a more expert naturalist. So please join me in exploring the natural world with renowned experts….and take home a world of knowledge for your family, especially kids and grandkids to continue pursuing.

P214 NATURE IN WINTER AND SPRING *

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Friday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/11/2022 - 4/29/2022 Instructor: Joe Sebastiani Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Lecture Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

In this online course, we will explore the various aspects of nature in the winter and spring through lectures with various Delaware Nature Society experts and naturalists. Each week, a Delaware Nature Society staff expert helps you become more in tune with nature, explains how natural systems work, introduces you to the flora and fauna of the region, and gives you the ability to enjoy nature more. Through PowerPoint, we will share wonderful photography from our staff as we virtually explore Delaware’s natural side. Class is offered in partnership with The Delaware Nature Society.

P216 TOPICS AND TRENDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

OLLI program: Wilmington Course location: Arsht Hall, Wilmington Tuesday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/8/2022 - 5/10/2022 Instructor: Hisham Sherif Number of class sessions: 13 • Price for course: $70 Course format: Discussion, Lecture

In this class we will review and discuss current topics and trends in cardiovascular health with the assumption that a better-informed person can make more wise, safe decisions about their health. Weekly PowerPoint lectures will be presented, with audience discussion and Q&A encouraged.

P215 TURNS OUT WATER IS IMPORTANT *

OLLI program: Wilmington Course location: Arsht Hall, Wilmington Monday 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Dates of class: 2/7/2022 - 5/9/2022 Instructor: Jeffrey Chambers Number of class sessions: 13 • Price for course: $70 Course format: Discussion, Lecture

Everything we do on the land and in the air affects the quality of our water. Learn about how these connections work as well as the threats to our waterways and what we can do to protect them.

P217 THE VISUAL SYSTEM

OLLI program: Wilmington Course location: Arsht Hall, Wilmington Thursday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/10/2022 - 5/12/2022 Instructor: Z. Stephen Silagy Number of class sessions: 13 • Price for course: $70 Course format: Lecture

Focusing on the anatomy of the eye and its adnexa, we will review ophthalmic optics, visual fields, eye diseases, ocular manifestations of systemic conditions, perceptions and preventions.

P218 WHAT DARWIN DIDN’T KNOW *

OLLI program: OLLI Online Course location: UD OLLI Online (virtual) Tuesday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/8/2022 - 4/26/2022 Instructor: Harry Dillner Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Lecture Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

Explore discoveries in paleontology, embryology and genetics that confirm and strengthen the theory of evolution by natural selection. Today the theory has such great explanatory power for understanding living things that scientists confidently assert that nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.

P218-01 WHAT DARWIN DIDN’T KNOW *

OLLI program: Kent/Sussex Course location: Trinity Faith Education Bldg., Lewes (in-person virtual) Tuesday 10:45 a.m. - noon Dates of class: 2/8/2022 - 4/26/2022 Instructor: Harry Dillner Number of class sessions: 11 • Price for course: $50 Course format: Lecture Technological requirements for optimal viewing: Any screen with audio and video

Same as P218 except for location. This section meets at the Trinity Faith Education Building in Lewes, Delaware, where on-site class members participate virtually in the online section of this course. Classroom-based participants interact virtually with both the online-based OLLI instructor and the online course participants, all viewing and participating in the online class together.