Friday, October 26, 2001 Saturday, October 27, 2001 [Note: This page is a quickly copied version of our original post, some formatting may be disrupted in the process]Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California Local Host:Bruce Denardo (831) 656-2952 denardo@physics.nps.navy.mil Very Important AnnouncementUPDATED 10/24Due to the national state of emergency, the Naval Postgraduate School is currently allowing entrance only to employees or to people whose names are on a list at the guard gate. Each person must present a photo ID, which is checked with the person’s face. The guards are armed, and vehicles are randomly searched (this only requires a few…
NCNAAPT
Northern California/Nevada AAPT Section Fall Meeting NotesNovember 5-6, 1999The Fall meeting of NCNAAPT was held at the University of the Pacific, hosted by Jim Hetrik. Approximately 90 high school, community college, state college and university physics teachers attended this exciting meeting, which included an afternoon workshop on Friday. FRIDAY WORKSHOP David Wall, San Francisco City College, preseented a 4-hour workshop on “The Physics of Magic or Vice Versa”. 38 participants learned to do rope tricks and other magician tricks, taking home some materials that they could practice with and use in their own classrooms. The success of the workshop indicates…