For 2012 we’re introducing a new online bulletin board where you can post and search for job openings. The web address is https://ncnaapt.org/jobs. To search, just click the links in the menu on the right side. To post, click the “Register” link at the bottom of the right side menu, and follow the simple instructions to register. You can then post your job opening announcement. We are limiting postings to positions at schools, colleges, and universities, so please don’t post jobs with tutoring agencies, etc. (if you’d like us to do this, please contact us with what you’d like to…
Category: University support
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:
Highlights:
Friday Evening Social
April 22: San Mateo High School
- Hot Dog Reception
- Tour of new biotech wing
- “My Favorite Movie Clips” presented by Adam Weiner and Paul Robinson
More details below
Saturday Mini-Conference
April 23: Exploratorium, San Francisco
- Show and Tell
- Invited speaker, Adam Weiner: “Don’t Try This at Home! The Physics of Hollywood Movies”
- Brief business meeting
- “A Physics Teachers’ Guided Tour of the Exploratorium” by Paul Doherty
- Contributed presentations
More details below.
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…
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.…