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Large Hadron Collider article

LHC Article

Here is a news article about the LHC. Cool pictures and background for your class.

The official site for the LHS is lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/

Interactive Engagement in Eugene

If you teach undergraduates, consider the NSF-sponsored Chautauqua course from David Sokoloff and his colleagues. It’s called “Using Research-Based Curricula and Tools to Promote Active Learning in Introductory Courses.” Whew. Learn more at http://uoregon.edu/~sokoloff/chaut1.htm.

More Great Summer Programs for Teachers

You can learn cool summer stuff and earn money while you’re doing it.

In the IISME (Industry Initiatives for Science and Mathematics Education) Summer Fellowship Program, you work in a technically-oriented workplace or research lab, contribute to what goes on there, and translate your experience into improved instruction. Summer 2007, you could earn up to $8200!
Check out http://www.iisme.org/AboutSummerFellowships.cfm.
You can read sample postings from previous summers at http://www.iisme.org/samplejobs.cfm.
Applicants must currently teach K–16 in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara or Santa Cruz County.
The Edward Teller Education Center (ETEC) of the UC Davis School of Education in collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), is offering two new programs this summer for the Teacher Research Academy and an option for an advanced degree. You can learn more at http://etec.ucdavis.edu. These may be related to other LLNL offerings, below.
Once again, Lawrence Livermore is hosting a series of summer opportunities for teachers. You can work in biotechnology, fusion/astrophysics, or energy technologies and environment. Summer programs starting in 2007 can lead to internships as part of a research team. The idea is that your new knowledge and skills will enhance your instruction. There is money for stipends, lodging, and travel.
Check it out at http://education.llnl.gov/doeacts/.

Brentwood Debrief

Our Spring 2008 Meeting took place April 18–19 at Heritage High School in Brentwood. Check out the program! The SNAAPT petition (you can download it here) was voted upon by the 50 or so attendees and passed unanimously. We wish them luck!

Dean Baird, documentor and presenter extraordinaire, has assembled some cool stuff here. In includes links to:

Skepticism in the Classroom (a page of mini-lessons in critical thinking)
The Amazing Meeting (hosted by the James Randi Educational Foundation)

And photos, of course!

Help from AAPT: finding faculty, finding jobs

The AAPT Online Career Center is now associated with the AIP, APS, and AVS Career Centers. You can submit a resumé free of charge on our site and your resumé is automatically entered into a searchable database to which employers have easy online access. Visit the AAPT Online Career Center at http://careers.aapt.org/search/.

Here is a flyer (400K, pdf) that describes the Career Center. You could give to the administrator at your school who is responsible for hiring new faculty.