Fall 2006 Meeting of the Illinois and Iowa Sections of the AAPT
"What Inquiring Minds Want to Know"
October 13-14, 2006
Rock Island High School
Rock Island, Illinois
The 2006 Distinguished Service Citation will be awarded to Kim Shaw, physics professor at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.
WITHIT - What in the heck is this?
Do you have something in your storeroom that has you baffled? Please bring it, place it on the designated table (with your name) so we can all look at it during the Breaks. Please use the Registration form to tell us that you will be bringing an item. If there are enough, we will schedule one or two sessions for the audience to figure out what these things are. It should be fun!
Invited Speakers
"The SCALE-UP Project", Friday at 3:00
Dr. Robert Beichner, North Carolina State University
"Dark Matter and Dark Energy: from the Universe to the Laboratory", Friday at 7:30
Dr. Sean Carroll, Particle Theory Group, Physics Department, California Institute of Technology
"What's Missing from _ d _ c _ t _ _ n?", Saturday at 9:30 am
Dr. Karen Jo Matsler, Assessment, and Training, Inc., Arlington, Texa
Workshops
W1. "Robots in the College and High School Physics Classrooms"
James Rabchuk, Physics Department, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
W2. "Personal Response System"
Dean Sieglaff, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Augustana College
Lee Baird, Regional Sales Manager, Qwizdom, Poplar Grove, IL
W3. "Make It and Take It", David Rigsbee, John Wood Community College, Quincy, Illinois
Host - Gary Wolber, Rock Island High School, GDWPPSM@aol.com