Fall 2013 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Physics and Astronomy Education"
October 4-5, 2013
Hosted by Illinois State University
Held at Heartland Community College
1500 W. Raab Road, Normal, Illinois
Telescope Viewing and/or Tour - Friday Evening after the Banquet
Twin City Amateur Astronomers observatories at the Sugar Grove Nature Center
Friday 9:00 - 10:00 pm. The bus will leave at 8:30 and return by 10:30 pm.
Challenger Learning Center Mission - Saturday 1:00 - 3:00 pm
"Rendezvous with a Comet"
Invited Talks
"Hierarchies in student understanding of the directional relationships
between net force, velocity, and acceleration in 1D", Friday at 1:15 pm
Dr. Rebecca Rosenblatt, Illinois State University
"Utilizing Challenger Learning Centers to Strengthen Scientific Literacy", Friday at 3:00
Stacey Shrewsbury, Challenger Learning Center
"Education and Public Outreach", Friday at 4:15
Dr. Daniel Miller, Twin City Amateur Astronomers
"Transfer of Learning and Implications for Physics Education", Friday at 7:30
Sanjay Rebello, Kansas State University
"Teaching High School Physics", Saturday at 9:30
Carl Wenning and Rebecca Vieyra, Illinois State University - Cary-Grove High School
"Where does the weirdness go?", Saturday at 11:00
Dr. Robert Wagner, Illinois State University
Host - Carl Wenning, Illinois State University, wenning@phy.ilstu.edu