Category: NCNAAPT meetings & news

Workshops in Room 307 Cailin Creighton, iFly: Cailin explained the format of educational programs available at iFly Indoor Skydiving in Union City, CA. There are several topics available for lectures, classroom examples as well as experiments at the facility. The educational program includes a tour of the wind tunnel, a lecture tailored for your class and one minute flights for students. Information about the program is available here. Any material developed by teachers relevant to the iFly experience can be sent to Cailin and contributed to a teacher resource page. (cailin@iflysfbay.com) Promo Code: “EDUCATION” 20% off first time flyer “earn…

The Fall 2010 meeting location has yet to be identified. Volunteers from CSU Chico, Carondelet High School and the Exploratorium Teacher Institute are willing to inquire about being used as a location. Programming suggestions were made that: – The Share & Tell should remain in the morning – Multiple tracks for workshops (one high school oriented and one college level oriented) – A speaker for our next meeting is needed; some suggested looking up local science organizations for speaker lists The Treasurer’s report said that we were in the black but did see an increase in the cost of printing,…

Neville (Bill) Reay of Ohio State University “My Corner of Physics Education Research; Clickers & Beyond” Bill demonstrated how to use clickers for a simple survey of current occupation. Some features include a timer once the question is revealed and a graph is displayed with the results of the clickers. There are benefits of using clickers including active learning to the classroom by providing – Constructivist approach to active learning – Series of visual steps – Cognitive conflict stimulating dialogue – Real time assessments The success of clickers depends on the questions asked! Research based concept question sequences can be…

Share & Tell: Ann Hanks, PASCO & ARC retired: PASCO had to remove all lead from their products and in their production plants. Some lead spheres have to be replaced with tungsten spheres which are more expensive and smaller do to a higher density. Adaptors are available to use the new spheres; the Gravitational Balance that uses it is still the same price. Jon Hanks, PASCO & ARC retired: Demoed PASCO new Fire Syringe that has had modifications to improve use. Bill Simpson, ARC: Bill explained a new launch pad for bottle rockets that he saw on an episode of…