Author: Lee Trampleasure

Lee Trampleasure has been teaching for 25 years, and teaches Physics and Biology at Menlo-Atherton High School.
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New physics job listings bulletin board on our website

Employmnet banner

For 2012 we’re introducing a new online bulletin board where you can post and search for job openings. The web address is https://ncnaapt.org/jobs.

  • To search, just click the links in the menu on the right side.
  • To post, click the “Register” link at the bottom of the right side menu, and follow the simple instructions to register. You can then post your job opening announcement.

We are limiting postings to positions at schools, colleges, and universities, so please don’t post jobs with tutoring agencies, etc. (if you’d like us to do this, please contact us with what you’d like to post and we’ll reconsider this policy). The NCN AAPT website gets about 500 hits per month, so we hope to be a resource for connecting job seekers with jobs.

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Lodging in South Tahoe

Our Saturday, April 21, 2012 conference may entice people to spend a night or two in (possibly) the snow. Below are options for lodging in the South Lake Tahoe area:

Hotels

The lodge of choice is Timber Cove Lodge (Best Western).  This hotel is right on the water, includes breakfast, and is 1.25 miles from the college.  They are holding 40 rooms at a group rate of $87.99 per night (mention AAPT).  The phone number is 530-541-6722.

Another close hotel is the Motel 6, which is not bad.  The rate is $49.99 per night and it is also about 1.25 miles from the college.  The phone number is 530-542-1400.

Casinos

If people are interested in staying at a casino, they are around 7 or 8 miles from the college.  The nicest is Montbleu, and Harrah’s is also nice.

  • Montbleu – $130 – $159  phone 1 888 829 7630
  • Harrahs – $79.00 – $109 phone 1 775 588 6611

Vacation getaway

If you are interested in really having a Tahoe vacation, I recommend The Fire Side Inn.  This is a 15 – 20 minute drive from the college, and is right at the edge of town, close to beaches, the bike trail, etc.  They include complimentary snow-shoes, bikes and a sledding hill.  They are a very cozy, cabin like place.  $119 – $255.  Phone 530-544-5515.


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Fall 2011 Conference at UC Berkeley

UCB Physics

 

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

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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Spring Section Conference

Our spring 2011 Spring Conference has two components:

Highlights:

Friday Evening Social

April 22: San Mateo High School

  • Hot Dog Reception
  • Tour of new biotech wing
  • “My Favorite Movie Clips” presented by Adam Weiner and Paul Robinson

More details below

Saturday Mini-Conference

April 23: Exploratorium, San Francisco

  • Show and Tell
  • Invited speaker, Adam Weiner: “Don’t Try This at Home! The Physics of Hollywood Movies”
  • Brief business meeting
  • “A Physics Teachers’ Guided Tour of the Exploratorium” by Paul Doherty
  • Contributed presentations

More details below.

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