20 educators attended the afternoon “Introduction to Modeling” workshop lead by Lee Trampleasure and Jon Rockman. Educators were lead through the development of one of the Modeling “paradigm labs.” The lab used constant velocity cars to develop position vs time data that could be graphed to determine the average velocity of the cars. After groups graphed their data, they created whiteboard presentations of their results. After a discussion of the results, Lee presented data from his classes this year, showing the results of 20 student groups. For more information on Modeling Instruction, visit modeling.asu.edu.
Category: Professional Development
At every section meeting one of our most popular portions is the Share n Tell during which participants have five minutes to share a demo, idea, concept, book, problem, example, etc. Talkative participants must fear the dreaded gong at the end of five minutes. Below please find notes and relevant links from the special double session of Share n Tell from our Fall NCNAAPT Section Meeting and mini-conference: Don Payne, Carondelet High School A Piezo Electric popper (spark fed) has been adapted to drive a small toy car. A film canister is filled with either ethanol or Bonaca breath spray.…
You are invited to our Fall 2010 Mini-conference / Meeting, Friday and Saturday, November 5th & 6th. Friday afternoon/evening Program Join us for a tour and presentation on some of the cutting edge energy research being conducted at the DOE Joint Genome Institute. 5:00-6:30 PM 2800 Mitchell Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Social Food and drink (no host) and socializing at one of the Bay Area’s quality brewpubs. 7:00-9:00 PM Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery & Restaurant 1410 Locust Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Saturday, November 6th Mini-conference and Meeting 7:45-3:00 Carondelet High School 1133 Winton Drive (@ Treat) Concord, CA 94518…
Save the dates! Our Fall 2010 meeting will be held on November 5th and 6th. The Saturday events will be at Carondelet High School in Concord, CA (close to I-680 and Pleasant Hill BART). We’re still working out the details for our Friday afternoon event, but we’ll have our usual social event somewhere local in the evening. Tentative Saturday schedule: 8:00 — Registration, coffee and goodies, socializing 9:00 — Welcome and Announcements 9:15 — Show and Tell (members have five minutes to present their favorite demonstration or teaching tip). 10:15 Break 10:30 — Invited speakers and other presentations. Noonish —…
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…