The American Association of Physics Teachers, Northern California/Nevada Section
Join us at Sierra College in Rocklin, CA (just 20 miles NE of Sacramento) for the fall conference of the Northern California/Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. Starting with a social and planetarium and museum tour, followed by a full day of physics education speakers and workshops on Saturday.
Join us at Lake Tahoe Community College for a day of physics education.
Saturday, April 21st
All sessions are held in the Duke Theater, Room F111
Join us the first weekend in November at UC Berkeley for a day and a half of physics education. Friday evening, November 4th Social and Lecture Demo Show 5:30 No-Host Dinner at Chianlai Thai Cuisine, 2505 Hearst St. 6:30 Welcome Gathering and Social 7:30 Lecture Demo Sho Saturday, November 5 Program 8:00 Registration, coffee, donuts 9:00 Welcome 9:15 Show and Tell 10:15 Break 10:30 “Physics for Future Presidents — A new approach for the non-science student.” Invited speaker: Richard Muller, Professor of Physics, U.C. Berkeley, Faculty Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 11:30 Group photo 11:45 Lunch 12:45 Business…
Our spring 2011 Spring Conference has two components:
April 22: San Mateo High School
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April 23: Exploratorium, San Francisco
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The workshop is sponsored by the AAPT as well as the APS Forum on Physics and Society as well as the new APS Topical Group on Energy Research and Applications. It will be held March 5-6 at UC Berkeley (Evans Hall 10). The workshop should be of interest to faculty who wish to introduce energy topics into their courses as well as advanced students who might be interested in some aspect of energy research. A similar course organized three years ago was considered a great success. Participants will receive a book of the talks presented. REGISTER SOON. We sold out…
