Charles presented several stations for Newton’s Laws of Motion. His goal is to have his students spend more time with their hands on activities, and less time listening to lectures. He generally introduces the activities of the day with a mini lecture, then students have time to work the activities. He does some preparation/manipulation of the apparatus to ensure students get the desired results. Some of his activities/demos include: A great demo he uses is a “fake rock” made of foam and painted black that he can throw to students and be surprised by how light it is. Nice heavy…
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Here’s a short summary of presentations at the March 28th Spring 2009 meeting’s Show and Tell. Photos will be linked from here shortly. Chuck Hunt, American River College Intro to conservation laws demo. Five M&Ms in a small brown bag. How many times did the red one hit the green one? How many M&Ms are in the bag? Checked it by pulling them out. He pulls out six. How come? Shows the empty bag and places six in the bag. Shakes them up. Hides at the back of the room, then is seen chewing. How many in the bag? Counts…
The program for our Spring 2009 meeting/gathering is now available online. NCNAAPT Spring 2009 meeting/gathering Saturday March 28th, with a Friday evening social the day before. Everyone is invited, and first-time attendees are free. See the program for complete details.
Physics Teacher SOS spring 2009 workshops: Electricity, Magnetism, and Light: “Come See the Light” March 7, 2009: Rio Americano High School (Sacramento area); Dean Baird & Steve Keith. Rio Americano HS Campus Map (PDF). March 14, 2009: San Mateo High School (SF Peninsula); Paul Robinson & Dan Burns. Complete workshops descriptions and registration information at PTSOS.org.
We’re excited to announce that PASCO will host our spring 2009 meeting at their facilities in Roseville, CA. The date of the meeting is Saturday, March 28, 2009. Mark your calendars! In addition to great presentations by PASCO (not strictly focused on their equipment), we’ll also offer our ever popular Show ‘n’ Tell–everyone is invited to bring a five minute presentation of your favorite lab, handout, website, or other teaching resource. More details will be posted here shortly. View Larger Map