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We are pleased to invite
you to attend the joint meeting of the ISAAPT and the IACT. Please come
to learn more about physics and chemistry, discover new tools and techniques
for teaching, share your experiences via contributed
presentations and Take Fives, and meet old and new friends.
Note that the
Program Details are now posted.
The times of all contributed presentations are listed.
These activities have recently been added to the program:
Friday, 10:00 - 12:00 - Panel Discussion - "The Illinois
Articulation Initiative for Physics Majors and
iTransfer",
Moderated by George Bart, Truman College and
Michael Fortner, Northern Illinois University
Saturday, 8:45 - 10:45, Workshop 10 - "Using
Vernier LabPro in Intro and General Chemistry Labs"
Saturday, 8:45 - 10:45, Workshop 11 - "Process
Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning"
If you would like to attend Workshop 10 or 11, please add your
name to the sign up sheet on the registration table. |
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Workshops
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up for these on the Registration form.
Friday, Oct. 16 |
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W1. |
9:30-11:30 |
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"Levels
of Scientific Inquiry", Carl Wenning, free |
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W2. |
9:30-11:30 |
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"Tasks
to Promote Sense Making in General Physics and Chemistry",
Dave Maloney, free |
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W3. |
9:30-11:30 |
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"Inquiry
Based Activities for Exploring the Physics of Sound and
Music", Andrew Morrison, free |
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W4. |
10:00-11:30 |
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"Inspire
Your Chemistry Class with the TI-Nspire!",
Ray Lesniewski, free |
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W5. |
2:45-4:15 |
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"Levels
of Scientific Inquiry", Carl Wenning, free |
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W6. |
2:45-4:15 |
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"The
Three Pigs Dilemma: Tearing Down Misconceptions and
Building Sturdy Ones",
Larry Kellerman, free |
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W7. |
2:45-4:15 |
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"Accuracy
and Precision Lab with Spectroscopy Demo", Anthony
Nelson, free |
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Saturday, Oct. 17 |
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W8. |
8:45-10:45 |
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"Tasks
to Promote Sense Making in General Physics and Chemistry",
Dave Maloney, free |
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W9. |
9:15-10:45 |
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"Investigations
in Electrostatics with Benjamin Franklin", Rebecca
Vieyra, $5 fee for materials |
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W10. |
8:45-10:45 |
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"Using
Vernier LabPro in Introductory and General Chemistry
Labs", Bill Cook & Meral Savas, free |
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W11. |
8:45-10:45 |
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"Process
Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning", Mahesh Alur, free |
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● Congratulations to
Brian Davies who will receive the 2009
Distinguished Service Citation!
● The ISAAPT Council will meet at 7:00 am
on Saturday.
● The ISAAPT and the IACT will have their business meetings during
lunch on Saturday. |
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Call for 15 minute
Contributed
Presentations
- Deadlines: Title (Oct.
2), Description (Oct. 7) |
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There are five categories of
presentations: (a) Active Learning, (b) Teaching Methods, (c)
Demonstrations, (d) Research, and (e) Other. Please
check the appropriate box on the online form. Contributed
presentations are scheduled on Friday afternoon and Saturday
morning. Please submit your presentation using the
Online form. Here is the current list of
presentations.
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Take Fives
- Register by Oct. 9
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Anyone who
registers for the meeting may take 5 minutes or less to share a
favorite item related to teaching physics or chemistry - a demonstration, a
new Web site, announcement of an upcoming event, ...
Please use the Registration form to tell us the title of your
Take Five. There may be time for a few unannounced Take
Fives at the end of the last session of the day. |
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Registration form -
Deadline for banquet and lunch
reservations: Oct. 9
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Photographs
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Brian Davies -
2009
Distinguished Service Citation |
Workshop |
Jeanette Madea
"Science vs. Junk Science" |
Banquet |
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Contact
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The
chairs of this meeting are:
Joe Bergman, Chemistry, Illinois Central College,
309-694-5380,
jbergman@icc.edu
Ken Mellendorf, Physics
and Engineering, Illinois Central College,
309-694-5359,
kmellendorf@icc.edu |
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If you have any problems with
submitting information via the online forms or if there
are corrections to be made,
contact:
David R. Renneke,
309-786-5247,
davidrenneke@augustana.edu |
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Illinois Section of the AAPT
Last update: November 3, 2009 |
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