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 🙂

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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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Fall Conference 2011 Invited Speaker

We are pleased to announce that the invited speaker for our Fall 2011 Conference will Richard Mullerbe UC Berkeley’s own Richard Muller. Muller is a professor of the popular “Physics for Future Presidents” class at UC Berkeley and author of a popular book of the same name. Muller is also a Faculty Senior Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and associated with the Institute for Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics. Read more about Muller’s career, interests and most recent book, “The Instant Physicist,” on his website.

Save the Date for the UC Berkeley Physics Department Demo Show Friday Nov. 4th and the section Conference on Nov. 5th!

 

Exploratorium Educator Social

An amazing opportunity for Educators from our friends at the Exploratorium:

Exploratorium
Dear Educator,

Your colleagues at the Exploratorium invite you to the first-ever Exploratorium Educator Social on Saturday, September 17, 6 to 9 p.m. This free, evening event is your chance to enjoy the museum after hours with your colleagues and Exploratorium educators.

Featuring:

An exclusive presentation of the world-renowned Iron Science Teacher competition. Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off where teachers compete before a live audience for the sought-after title of Iron Science Teacher.

  • Free evening hours access to the museum. Play with all the exhibits at your leisure!
  • Science activity tables. Get ideas for your classroom from Exploratorium educators.
  • Complimentary beer, wine, and light refreshments.

This event is open to all Bay Area educators, so please feel free to pass this invitation along to your colleagues.

The event is free; please RSVP here.

If you have any questions, contact member@exploratorium.edu.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, September 17!

Sincerely,
Rowena Douglas, Director, K–12 Professional Development
Kurt Feichtmeir, Director, Extended Learning
Shelley Wood, Director, Membership

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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Renewable Energy Workshop at UC Berkeley, March 5-6, 2011

The workshop is sponsored by the AAPT as well as the APS Forum on Physics and Society as well as the new APS Topical Group on Energy Research and Applications.

It will be held March 5-6 at UC Berkeley (Evans Hall 10).

The workshop should be of interest to faculty who wish to introduce energy topics into their courses as well as advanced students who might be interested in some aspect of energy research. A similar course organized three years ago was considered a great success. Participants will receive a book of the talks presented.

REGISTER SOON. We sold out when a similar course was offered three years ago.

For more information, see http://www.calpoly.edu/~dhafemei/APSenergy.html

(Thanks to Barbara Levi from Southern Cal AAPT for working on this program and forwarding us the information.)