Here’s a copy of Carl Wieman’s PPT, we’ll include other materials as they roll in: wieman aapt ncal 2018
PTSOS 2018-19 is here!
Physics Teacher SOS (PTSOS) is once again offering its excellent workshops in the SF Bay Area. This year’s start on Saturday, September 15th, at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos. Get complete details and sign up here.
PTSOS is a workshop and support program for new high and middle school physics teachers in Northern California. We offer 3 all-day Saturday workshops during the school year. In addition to learning about the details of the craft of physics teaching from experienced teachers, participants receive continental breakfast, lunch, and physics equipment for them to use in their classroom. The PTSOS program is recognized as one of the most effective programs for training and retaining new physics teachers.
AAPT Gender Pronouns Toolkit
After the Winter Meeting in Atlanta, our section requested that National share their resources for pronoun stickers. The following files contain the forms for printing (use Avery labels 8366), plus the documents for the letter and poster that describe why these stickers are important.
Spring Meeting – Mt. Diablo HS – April 28/29
We’ll be in Concord for our Spring Meeting!
Our keynote speaker is Jessie Dotson, project scientist for NASA’s K2 Mission. 
Pictured to the right, she’ll tell us about recent Kepler results. We’ll also have all of the other things that make our meetings so much fun, Share&Tell, a panel, workshops and we are bringing back the poster session. If you paid dues last Fall, registration is free (we’ll send you an email with a discount code), otherwise dues are $20 through Wednesday night, $25 at the door. Click here to register for the main event: https://ncnaapt.org/even
Call for Presentations
SAVE THE DATE – OUR NEXT MEETING IS April 29 at Mt. Diablo
Are you doing something that should be shared with other physics teachers? Will it take more time than the five-minute limit in Share-and-Tell? In that case, we’ll start the conference with our poster session, and you should present. Continue reading “Call for Presentations”