Fall 2011 Conference at UC Berkeley

 

Join us the first weekend in November at UC Berkeley for a day and a half of physics education.

Friday evening, November 4th

Social and Lecture Demo Show

• 5:30 No-Host Dinner at Chianlai Thai Cuisine, 2505 Hearst St.
• 6:30 Welcome Gathering and Social
• 7:30 Lecture Demo Sho

Saturday, November 5

Program

• 8:00 Registration, coffee, donuts
• 9:00 Welcome
• 9:15 Show and Tell
• 10:15 Break
• 10:30 “Physics for Future Presidents — A new approach for the non-science student.” Invited speaker: Richard Muller, Professor of Physics, U.C. Berkeley, Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• 11:30 Group photo
• 11:45 Lunch
• 12:45 Business meeting (in just 15 minutes!)
• 1:00 Two options:
• Tour of Physics Research Labs. Guided tours of physics faculty labs in Astrophysics, Condensed Matter & Materials Science, and Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, led by graduate students and researchers.
• Roundtable Discussion for high school teachers to discuss common problems and solution.
• 2:15 Break
• 2:30 Two options:
• Three concurrent workshops featuring labs and lecture demonstrations from Berkeley and other schools (contributions welcome). Spend the full period in one or circulate among the labs to see them all.
• Modeling Instruction introduction workshop
• 4:00 End 🙂

Map

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Complete program

Download our complete program in PDF format here.

Registration

$20 for NCN AAPT members (includes one lunch ticket). First timers are always free (lunch tickets for first timers are $10). Lunch will be beef, turkey, or veggie sandwiches.

Pre-registration is not required, but will help us know how many people to expect:

(The registration below says it’s free, but that’s just because we’re not collecting payment online. The usual registration fees apply, including free admission for first time attendees.)

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