For those who have been looking for Modeling Instruction workshops, this summer there are several opportunities for you in California (as well as in-state tuition for classes at Arizona State University). Continue reading “Modeling Instruction workshops: Summer 2015”
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” link below for more details).
Saturday will include a Poster Session (introduced with a great success at our conference last fall at CCSF), share and tell, discussion groups, our keynote speaker, and another option for tours of PASCO for those who couldn’t attend Friday evening (click the “View details” link below for more details). Lunch and breakfasty snacks are included with registration.
The complete schedule is available on our registration page, so click here now 🙂
Group photo from City College of San Francisco
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Fall 2014 conference at City College of San Francisco
Our 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.
Our draft schedule is below the page-jump
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App Share-a-thon from AAPT in Minneapolis
apps presented at Share-a-thon
The following links are in the order they were presented.
- Tom Huber. Personal iPhone app; ErrorCalc website
- Frequency Meter Pro; Analyzes frequency of sounds ($1.99 iOS, $3.66 Android)
- Decibal 10th (decibal meter) (Free)
- Ripple Tank (Free and $5.99 versions)
- Sensor Log; accesses and displays all iPhone/pad sensors; can record data as .csv that can easily be analyzed in a spreadsheet. App allows for higher frequency than device actually collects, so be careful that you’re not collecting “junk” between phone collections. (iOS and Android versions available) Continue reading “App Share-a-thon from AAPT in Minneapolis”