SCIENCE EDUCATORS’ DAY (EDAY) Special FREE event for Middle and High School Educators Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Time: 5:30-8:00 PM (dinner provided) Where: Frances C. Arrillaga Stanford Alumni Center – McCaw Hall, Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, CA Cost: FREE (includes dinner) The event includes: Approximately 20 stations with educators demonstrating and discussing hands-on materials for teaching optics to secondary school students Gift bags containing demonstration aids and lesson plans for the first 100 registrants Additional optics materials available as door prizes A buffet dinner allowing you to mingle with fellow teachers and conference attendees Questions? Email EDAY@osa.org or call…
Author: Lee Trampleasure
Lee Trampleasure has been teaching for 25 years, and teaches Physics and Biology at Menlo-Atherton High School.
Join the Northern California Northern Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers at our Fall Meeting/Conference Friday, October 9 and Saturday, October 10, 2009 Friday Evening Social 6:00-8:30 PM at Paul Robinson’s Home (directions) Guest of Honor: Sy Liebergot, Flight Controller of Mission Control during Apollo Program Saturday Meeting/Conference Conference Center, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, CA From Highway 101: 1. Exit Moffett Blvd./NASA Parkway. 2. At the stop sign just short of the NASA Ames gate, turn right into the conference center parking lot. Friday Evening Social 6:00-8:30 PM Hot Dog Reception Complimentary Hot Dogs (beef or tofu)…
Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo Program Thursday, October 8, 2009 • 7:30PM Flight Controller Sy Liebergot Sy Liebergot, a former NASA flight controller, was on the job for some of the most memorable moments in space exploration, including the Apollo 13 fuel cell explosion. Mr. Liebergot will be available for book signings before and after the talk. www.nasa.gov National Aeronautics and Space Administration San Mateo Performing Arts Center • San Mateo, CA 506 N. Delaware Street, San Mateo, CA 94401 • Phone (650) 400-9425 • email pablo@laserpablo.com Sponsored by the Northern California and Nevada American Association of…
Sat, Sep. 12 and Sun, Sep. 13, 2009 Westin SFO Hotel, Millbrae, California (near the San Francisco Airport) Part of the 120th Anniversary Meeting of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific One unit of Academic Credit available through San Francisco State U. In this hands-on workshop, we will train educators to be “Galileo Ambassadors” for the International Year of Astronomy (2009). Teachers in grades 4 – 12 will learn how to do age-appropriate, inquiry-based activities in astronomy and physical science. After a brief introduction to Galileo’s life and work and the realms of astronomy, participants will explore: A Private Universe:…
We’re adding a new page to the NCNAAPT web site, “Becoming a physics teacher.” The goal of the site is to support people who are interested in becoming physics teachers, but have not yet enrolled in a credential program. We have a few links on it, but will be flushing it out over the next few weeks/months. If you have any suggestions of what should go on the page, please email them to web@ncnaapt.org and we’ll incorporate them You can find the page here: https://ncnaapt.org/index.php/links/becoming-a-physics-teacher/, or find it in the menu in the right column (in the “Links” sub menu).