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Category: Professional Development

Active Learning in Introductory Physics Courses: Research-Based Strategies that Improve Student Learning (Portland, OR)

Some spaces still remain in University of Oregon’s June 18-20 short course on active learning in physics, “Active Learning in Introductory Physics Courses: Research-Based Strategies that Improve Student Learning.“ Chautauqua Short Course NEW: Including RealTime Physics 3rd Edition, Clicker Interactive Lecture Demonstrations and Video Analysis June 18-20, 2015  •  Portland, Oregon Presented by: David Sokoloff  •  Priscilla Laws  •  Ronald Thornton This hands-on course is designed for college, university and high school* teachers of physics interested in making learning in their introductory courses more active. Participants will be introduced to research-validated strategies for each component of the course: lecture, lab, problem-solving, modeling and video analysis. Course fee is $200. For…

2015 The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) Open House

You and your students are cordially invited to the 2015 The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) Open House on Stanford campus.

Talks, Movie of the Universe, Planetarium Dome, Sun and Stargazing and much more.

Free hot dogs, snacks and beverages and raffle drawing for a chance to win great prizes.

Saturday, April 11, 2015, 5:00pm – 10:00pm

Spring 2015 Conference – April 24/25 – PASCO; registration is now open

PASCO is hosting our spring 2015 conference at their headquarters in Roseville. In addition to our usual amazing speakers, share and tell, and networking, we will also have the opportunity to see “behind the scenes” at PASCO and see some of their latest implements for our classrooms. We are also pleased to have Alex Filippenko, famed Berkeley astronomer/astrophysicist, as our keynote speaker. Video of Alex Filippenko at TedXBerkeley As usual, we will have a Friday evening social and brief program. PASCO will give a brief presentation on their history and some of their recent product developments (click the “View details”…

Fall 2014 conference at City College of San Francisco

ISEE-3 Reboot Project logoOur fall 2014 meeting will be at the City College of San Francisco this November. There will be a social event on the night of the 14th followed by a full day on Saturday the 15th. Our keynote speaker will be Dennis Wingo of the ISEE-3 Reboot Team, a group of space enthusiasts who are attempting (with good progress) to revive a NASA space probe launched in 1978.

Registration is now open here.

Call for Posters is here

Our draft schedule is below the page-jump