Fall 2005 meeting of ISAAPT at Riverside-Brookfield High School

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Fall 2005 Meeting of the Illinois and Chicago Sections of the AAPT
"Inquiry in Physics Education"
October 28-29, 2005
Riverside-Brookfield High School, 160 Ridgewood Road
Riverside, Illinois 60546-2408

Einstein on education: "Teaching should be such that what is offered is
perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty."

Einstein Quotes

Program Details (pdf)
Directions - Map - Parking
Pictures from the meeting

Call for Papers
Registration

For this meeting, to encourage wider participation there are two categories of papers: (a) Regular and (b) Active Learning. Please check the appropriate box on the online form.

Invited speakers and guest panelists

     ●   "Project ARISE: A Revolution in Science Education", Friday evening banquet speaker
           Leon Lederman, Pritzker Professor of Physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology
     ●   "Panel Discussion on Physics Modeling", Friday at 4:00 pm
           Panelists: Carl Wenning (moderator), Jim Stankevitz, Joselita Velasco, Johan Tabora,
                           Yvonne Richter, Rodger Baldwin, Mona Hicks, Barbara Gottemoller, and John Sunta
     ●   "Teacher Candidate Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention", Saturday at 8:00 am
               A roundtable discussion lead by Carl Wenning, Illinois State University
     ●   "Problem Based Learning: A Bridge to Inquiry in Physics", Saturday at 10:00 am
           Deb Gerdes and Mike Lejcar, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Call for Papers - Online - Mail or Fax
Contributed papers are scheduled on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Current list: submitted abstracts | details

The 2005 Distinguished Service Citation will be awarded at the banquet on Friday evening. The recipient is Diana Roth, physics teacher at Lanphier High School in Springfield. Congratulations, Diana !

The Council of the Illinois section has a regular meeting scheduled for Saturday morning at 7:00 am.

The co-chairs and local contact for sending forms by regular mail or Fax and for checking on classroom and lab facilities are:

Troy Gobble and Zak Knott
Riverside-Brookfield High School
160 Ridgewood Road
Riverside, Illinois 60546-2408
Phone: 708-442-7500
Fax: 708-447-5570
tgobble@rbhs208.org zknott@rbhs208.org

If you have any problems with submitting information via the online forms or if there are corrections to be made, contact the person who maintains these pages:

David R. Renneke
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL 61201-2296
Phone: 309-794-3403
Fax: 309-794-7722
phrenneke@augustana.edu