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nearly new NEWSWe'll keep useful articles here when they have been on the home page for a while. Keep checking back! LaserPablo Does Not Get PuncturedJust in case you've never seen it, check out his YouTube debut doing the famous Bed of Nails Demo. You can also see his Physics of Baseball spot. Finally, the ultimate Rube Goldberg; if you haven't seen this famous Honda ad, here is a URL: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/honda.php. Fall Conference, 2006Folks came to the beautiful peninsula and Menlo School, where Robin McGlohn hosted the Fall 2006 conference. The next conference, for the third time in a row, will again be on the beautiful peninsula! Be there or get zapped by the Tesla robot. >>>Program Andria Erzberger Fund![[Andria Erzberger photo]](peoplePhotos/AndriaErzberger.jpg)
An Andria Erzberger Physics Scholarship Fund has been established in memory of our colleague Andria Erzberger. This fund will give scholarships to deserving students wishing to major in physics or a physics-related field. To donate, send a check with a note that it is for the Andria Erzberger Physics Scholarship Fund. Checks should be made out to PAUSD (i.e., Palo Alto Unified), and sent to Cathy Mak, PAUSD Mgr. Fiscal Services, 25 Churchill Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tim Snap from Anchorage
The AAPT National Meeting in Anchorage was cold! This photo was taken when the sun was highest (not very), looking east from the roof of a parking structure... Somebody: send me pictures of the actual meeting! Dean Snaps from Salt LakeThe AAPT National Meeting in Salt Lake City was warm and productive, giving all those that attended new insights and cartographical challenges. And there are photos from Dean Baird:
K–12 engineering newsletter availableGo Engineering! is the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)'s free, bi-weekly electronic newsletter that goes out to thousands of K–12 science and math educators across the country. Go Engineering! reaches into America's classrooms to promote the importance of engineering and technology education and explores the many ways engineering and technology can help teachers meet the challenge of making mathematics and science come alive for students. Subscribe for free at http://www.engineeringk12.org. PTSOSQuestion: What group is represented by five letters plus four dedicated teachers, and is dedicated to helping new teachers become their very best? Physics Teacher SOS, of course, or PTSOS for short. They have a website which is under constant revision: http://www.ptsos.org
You can find some photos of the September workshop here:
More about PTSOS here. Information: Stephanie Finander Help from AAPT: finding faculty, finding jobsThe AAPT Online Career Center is now associated with the AIP, APS, and AVS Career Centers. You can submit a resumé free of charge on our site and your resumé is automatically entered into a searchable database to which employers have easy online access. Visit the AAPT Online Career Center at http://careers.aapt.org/search/.
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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 4/1/08 |
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Paul Robinson, Dean Baird, and Stephanie Finander conducted the first of three New Teacher Workshops
September 10th at San Mateo High School as part of the Physics Teacher SOS program.
33 teachers from all over Northern California attended the workshop.
Although teachers did not receive a stipend for attending, we gave out
over $5000 of instructional supplies and demonstration equipment.
Teachers came from nine different area codes, one from Chico
and another from the Sierra foothills (a 3 hour drive).
There were 31 high school teachers and two junior high.
13 were women, 20 were men.
The next workshop was February 4th 2006 at Los Gatos High School.
PTSOS program is funded by a grant from the Karl Brown Foundation.![[pdf]](images/pdf.gif){kind=small}
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