Physics Teacher SOS (PTSOS) is once again offering its excellent workshops in the SF Bay Area. This year’s start on Saturday, September 15th, at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos. Get complete details and sign up here. PTSOS is a workshop and support program for new high and middle school physics teachers in Northern California. We offer 3 all-day Saturday workshops during the school year. In addition to learning about the details of the craft of physics teaching from experienced teachers, participants receive continental breakfast, lunch, and physics equipment for them to use in their classroom. The PTSOS program…
Month: August 2018
Our next meeting will be at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose on November 9 and 10. We are pulling out all of the stops for this one! We’ve got two great invited speakers. In the morning we’ll have Carl Wieman, 2001 Nobel Prize winner, and the driving force behind the PhET simulations project.
In the afternoon we’ll feature Tracy Van Houten. She took a leave from NASA’s
Jet Propulsion Laboratory to run for California’s 34th Congressional District, in an attempt to become the first woman engineer in Congress. She was showcased in this article from The Atlantic. She spoke to us via Skype at a previous meeting, and we liked her so much we’re bringing her north.
To register, go to https://ncnaapt.org/event-registration?ee=43. If your dues are current, you should have received an email giving you a free registration coupon code. If not, then yearly dues are $20, which includes two meetings and a whole lot of food. If you are interested, but have responsibilities around taking care of loved ones on Saturdays, we have mini-grants that help cover dependent care. Read here for details: https://ncnaapt.org/archives/2948. We will also have a lactation room available.