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NEWSBrentwood DebriefOur Spring 2008 Meeting took place April 18–19 at Heritage High School in Brentwood. Check out the program! The SNAAPT petition (you can download it here) was voted upon by the 50 or so attendees and passed unanimously. We wish them luck! Dean Baird, documentor and presenter extraordinaire, has assembled some cool stuff here. In includes links to:
And photos, of course!
So You Have $1000 to Spend Before School is Out![[balloon]](images/BalloonExecutionStill.jpg)
Dean also links to a movie he took of a water balloon popping. It's from the relatively new Casio Exilim EX-F1. It's a still camera that will let you capture motion at really high speeds. Click the image at right to see a smaller (1 MB, QuickTime) version of Dean's movie. Check out ComPADREComPADRE is part of the National Digital Library concentrating on physics and physics teaching. Check it out. Make a bookmark. Tell your friends! Spring at the FarmMany of you joined us at Stanford (and at SLAC) for the Spring 2007 NCNAAPT meeting. See the program here. Modeling Instruction and WorkshopsOver the years, the Modeling Instruction program at Arizona State has created materials and a pedagogical approach that focuses on (and seems to get) deep student understaning of basic physics concepts. And they're branching out into other disciplines. It takes a commitment of time, energy, and possibly a willingness to be in Phoenix for a few weeks in the summer, but it's worth learning more. Visit http://modeling.asu.edu for more background. Their national workshop list is at http://modeling.asu.edu/MW_nation.html Interactive Engagement in EugeneIf you teach undergraduates, consider the NSF-sponsored Chautauqua course from David Sokoloff and his colleagues. It's called "Using Research-Based Curricula and Tools to Promote Active Learning in Introductory Courses." Whew. Learn more at http://uoregon.edu/~sokoloff/chaut1.htm. More Great Summer Programs for TeachersYou can learn cool stuff this summer and earn money while you're doing it.
PTSOSPTSOS helps new teachers become their very best! They have a website which is under constant revision: http://www.ptsos.org
You can find some photos of the September 2005 workshop here:
More about PTSOS here. Information: Stephanie Finander MembershipMembership in NCAAPT is $25 per academic year. Dues can be paid at the section meetings, or can be paid by mail. Contact the treasurer, Dennis Buckley. Meetings of the section are held twice a year: normally in November and April. Meeting registration fee is $20. The first meeting for a new member is free. See the schedule of upcoming events above for future meeting dates and places. If you want to contact the national AAPT office to inquire about membership information, click here. |
banner photos by Dean Baird and from NASA archives This is the home page! Click here to read not-quite-new news. Upcoming Events2008 Summer AAPTJuly 19–23 2008 2008 Fall NCNAAPTNovember 2008, Foothill College 2009 Winter AAPTFebruary 2009 2009 Spring NCNAAPTTBA • It could be you! Contact Paul Robinson if you're interested in hosting.
LINKSList of Member E-Mail Addresses Communicate with NCNAAPT Officers ![[AAPT]](images/aapt-logo-clean.gif){kind=logo}
The Northern California/Nevada Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (NCNAAPT) runs from the Oregon border on the north to San Luis Obispo and Fresno on the south, and includes the state of Nevada. The membership of NCNAAPT consists of high school, community college, college and university physics instructors. Many important contributions to the physics teaching community have come from NCNAAPT members. Last updated 4/24/08 |
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