Fall 2023 Meeting at Appalachian State University

Nov. 10 - 11, 2023

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

The Fall 2023 meeting of the North Carolina Section of the AAPT will be held in-person at Appalachian State University campus in Boone, NC on November 10-11, 2023. 

(828) 201-2039  (select "Front Desk")

840 E. King Street, Boone, NC 28607

November 10-11, 2023

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

AgendaFriday:

November 10th, Plemmons Student Union: Solarium

5:00pm Registration

6:00pm Dinner and Plenary Talk    “Get The Facts” Thomas Brown,

8:30-9:30pm Afterwards Star Party at Dark Sky Observatory,    Directionsto DSO  Note that the Parkway is closed at Deep Gap but the Phillips gap jog across it, shown on our map on the non-Parkway route, is open. All phone map apps (Google, Waze, Apple Maps) will lead you there if you search for Dark Sky Observatory (in Purlear, NC), but get on 221 before you enable them so as to not be led on a long bypass route.

 Saturday: Nov 11th, Garwood Hall

8-8:30am - Registration/breakfast

8:30-9:30am - Bill McNairy - Demonstrations on a Budget

9:45-10:30 am- Thomas Brown and Mike Turner “Building Thinking Classrooms”

 10:30-10:45am- Break

 10:45 -  12 min+3min talks

12:15-1:30pm- Lunch Room 262

1:00-2:00pm Poster Session

Parallel Events 1:30-3:00 pm Meet Thomas Hefner to walk to Math Science Education Center at Reich College of Education Building (geared

for High School Teachers) 2:00pm- Room 262- Don Smith Arduino Workshop- Teaching Circuits with Arduinos

         3:30pm-  Share-a-thon, AAPT Business Meeting 

Friday evening invited speaker:  Thomas M. Brown will share:  

“Get the Facts Out in North Carolina”

Thomas Brown, Teacher in Residence at App State, will present the latest information from the Get the Facts Out partnership.  He will share information that can be used with students to address some of the misconceptions about the teaching profession, national salary ranges, and the need for STEM teachers.  He will also discuss current trends and various projects in North Carolina relating to preservice teachers.   Get the Facts Out is a partnership between four national societies working to repair the reputation of the teaching profession.  There will be time for Q&A..


Following dinner and talk, we will meet at the Dark Sky Observatory for a demonstration of the new Unistellar Evscope with Joe Heafner.   https://tensortime.sticksandshadows.net/about 

Directions to DSO Note that the Parkway is closed at Deep Gap but the Phillips gap jog across it, shown on our map on the non-Parkway route, is open. All phone map apps (Google, Waze, Apple Maps) will lead you there if you search for Dark Sky Observatory (in Purlear, NC), but get on 221 before you enable them so as to not be led on a long bypass route.


Saturday will feature: 

Morning

Mike Turner, Physics Teacher at Charlotte Latin School, and Thomas Brown, Teacher in Residence at App State, will discuss Peter Lilidedahl’s research into increasing the amount of “thinking” time in mathematics classrooms.  The 14 components that Lilidedahl’s research developed will be presented.

Physics teachers at Charlotte Latin began to implement these components into their physics courses post-Covid.  Mike Turner will discuss the process CL used, the difficulties in implementation and the successes of the program. There will be time for Q&A..


Afternoon 

Contact NC-AAPT president Brittney VornDick (vorndickb@durhamtech.edu) or or Denise Wetli (dmwetli@waketech.edu) if you have questions about the meeting, and site host Tonya Coffey (coffeyts@appstate.edu) if you have questions about the venue.