The American Association of Physics Teachers, Northern California/Nevada Section
Join us at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA (just 16 miles NW of San Jose, 40 miles south of San Francisco) for the spring conference of the Northern California/Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Starting with a social and physics show, and observatory tour Friday evening, followed by a full day of physics education speakers and workshops on Saturday.
The program for our spring 2013 conference is now available in PDF format (and also in the mail). You can download it here. We will be posting the agenda as a web post later this week, so keep your eyes peeled.
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David Kagan, CSU Chico All of David’s material related to the Physics of Baseball are available on his website: Phys.csuchico.edu/baseball David demonstrated the Physics of the Baseball bat including the progression of the baseball bat. He explained how to find the center of percussion of the baseball bat as well as the center of vibration. The “sweet spot” of a bat is where the center of percussion and the center of vibration meet which means that the player will minimize the jarring force of the bat. David showed us many high speed videos from the playoffs that show the compression…
