Saturday, April 17th, 2010 (See complete Friday/Saturday agenda here) Contributed Papers, Video Clips & computer Bits – room 307 2:00 iFly Indoor Skydiving –Field Trips – Cailin Creighton A discussion of physics topics relating to skydiving, indoor skydiving, and the operation of vertical wind tunnels. Also, information on how to bring your students on a field trip to a vertical wind tunnel for an educational program that includes experiments, a lecture, a tour, and flying! 2:20 Wind Energy: A Sustainable Future? – Scott Perry Other than hydro-electric and nuclear power wind energy has been by far the most robust of…
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April 16, 2010; Friday Evening Social Technical Aspects of the “World’s Fastest” Aircraft: SR-71 (Blackbird) Gerry Glasser 7:00 PM – American River College, Room 306 Jerry was an instructor pilot with 900 hrs on the SR-71. He now teaches at Jesuit High School. Presentation starts with the development of the aircraft, the Soviet response, crew requirements, and those “secret questions” that are no longer secret. Soft drinks and cookies provided RSVP to Chuck Hunt would be appreciated to let Jerry know how many info packets to bring. huntc@arc.losrios.edu; phone: (916)484-8342 April 17, 2010, Saturday Oldie But Goodie Demonstrations The theme…
CAIS Professional Development Day March 12, 2010 to be held at the Exploratorium in San Francisco 8:30 am – 9:00 am: Welcome, coffee, bagels and ice breaker, 9:00 am – 10:00 am: Two floor tours happening simultaneously; a bio and a physics tour, both led by Exploratorium Teacher Institute staff (Paul Doherty and TBD), 10:00 am – 11:30 am: Two hands on workshops happening simultaneously: Fruits of the Genome Project – Personalized Medicine given by Karen Kalumuck In this hands-on interactive workshop, we’ll model laboratory techniques such as DNA microarray analysis that are set to revolutionize the practice of medicine. By…
Friday & Saturday April 16th & 17th, 2010 American River College Sacramento, CA (see map below) Local Host: Chuck Hunt: email: Huntc@arc.losrios.edu Sign up to present Call for Presentations We solicit presentations of 15 minutes in length. Suitable topics include teaching ideas, research projects, laboratory techniques, novel demonstrations, computers and instruction. Please send an abstract of your talk, with title, your name and affiliation, AV and equipment requests, and other requirements to the Program Chairman, Paul Robinson, preferably by email at laserpablo@aol.com. Deadline for submission is Friday, March 5, 2010. Call for Demonstrations Bring your favorite 5-minute demonstration for the…
Science on Saturday (SOS) is a series of science lectures for middle and high school students. Each topic highlights cutting-edge science occurring at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The talks are presented by leading LLNL science researchers supported by master high school science teachers. These presentations are offered in several locations. See the schedule below to find locations nearest to you. Admission is free of charge. Seating is on a first come basis. Seats may not be reserved in advance. See the schedule for the starting times of each presentation, and a map to the venue. Seating is limited.…