Fall 1999 Meeting of the Illinois and Iowa Sections of the AAPT
"Time and Time Again"
October 29-30, 1999
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
The 1999 Distinguished Service Citation recipient is Roger Malcolm of Kewanee High School, Kewanee, Illinois. The co-recipients of the 1999 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award are Jacqueline Fitzpatrick of Moline High School, Moline, Illinois, and Michael Lach of Lake View High School, Chicago, Illinois.
There will be tours of Augustana's new science building.
Invited Speakers
"Worlds Enough and Time: Astronomy, Calendars, Clocks and Universal Timescales", Friday at 3:50
Lee Carkner, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Augustana College
"Physics at the Highest Energies", Friday at 8:00
John Hauptman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
"A Model for Updating and Improving the Teaching of Physics", Saturday at 10:15
Diana Roth, Lanphier High School, Springfield, Illinois
Panel Discussion, "Timely Trends in Teaching Physics", Saturday at 10:45
Workshops
W1 and W4. "Hands-on Use of the ScienceWorkshop 500 and 750 Interfaces", Tom Kuhn, Pasco Scientific. Note: There will be a drawing among the participants in this workshop to receive a free 750 interface valued at $795.
W2 and W5. "CASTLE Project - Electricity Visualized", Jay Cutler, Charles City High School, Charles City, Iowa
W3. "Using Technology to Get Student's Minds On Physics", Brian Wegley and Neil Schmidgall, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, Illinois