CJ Chretien has started a channel on YouTube for NCNAAPT members to share their favorite videos. Please visit www.youtube.com/ncnaapt to see videos and add your favorites. From CJ: Call for Videos I am in the process of getting a YouTube channel going to promote NCNAAPT. Since there has been a few messages going around about video I thought I would put this out. If you have any videos of demos that you have done and you want to have them put on the NCNAAPT YouTube channel send them my way. These do not have to be videos of anything out…
Author: Lee Trampleasure
Lee Trampleasure has been teaching for 25 years, and teaches Physics and Biology at Menlo-Atherton High School.
ComPADRE is part of the National Digital Library concentrating on physics and physics teaching. Check it out. Make a bookmark. Tell your friends! http://compadre.org
Dean also links to a movie he took of a water balloon popping. It’s from the relatively new Casio Exilim EX-F1. It’s a still camera that will let you capture motion at really high speeds. Click the image at right to see a smaller (1 MB, QuickTime) version of Dean’s movie.
We’re excited to announce that PASCO will host our spring 2009 meeting at their facilities in Roseville, CA. The date of the meeting is Saturday, March 28, 2009. Mark your calendars! In addition to great presentations by PASCO (not strictly focused on their equipment), we’ll also offer our ever popular Show ‘n’ Tell–everyone is invited to bring a five minute presentation of your favorite lab, handout, website, or other teaching resource. More details will be posted here shortly. View Larger Map
Over the years, the Modeling Instruction program at Arizona State has created materials and a pedagogical approach that focuses on (and seems to get) deep student understanding of basic physics concepts. And they’re branching out into other disciplines. It takes a commitment of time, energy, and possibly a willingness to be in Phoenix for a few weeks in the summer, but it’s worth learning more. Visit http://modeling.asu.edu for more background. Their national workshop list is at http://modeling.asu.edu/MW_nation.html.