Spring 2001 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Novel Methods for Physics Teaching"
April 20-21, 2001
Physics Department
Principia College
Elsah, Illinois 62028
Diana Roth will receive the Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award.
Principia College has a new observatory which will be open for viewing.
We will also have the opportunity to check out their newest solar car, Ra IV.
Special Event - Dave Cornell Retirement Celebration
Invited Speakers
"Preparing for the American Solar Challenge: Principia's Solar Car Project", Friday at 2:30
Steve Shedd, Dept. of Computer Science and Joe Ritter, Dept. of Chemistry, Principia College, Elsah, Illinois
"Teaching General Relativity to Undergraduates: Some Worked Examples", Friday at 7:30
Clifford M. Will, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis
"A Low Energy Positron Beam for Teaching and Research", Saturday at 10:00
Ben L. Brown, Department of Physics, Principia College
Workshops
W1. "LabVIEW for Physics"
Ravi Marawar, National Instruments
W2. "When Lightning Strikes: Problem-Based Learning"
Diana L. Roth, Lanphier High School, Springfield, IL
W3. "Just-in-Time Teaching and Peer Instruction"
Carl J. Wenning, Physics Department, Illinois State University
W4. "Cooperative Group Problem Solving"
Tom Foster Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
W5. "Using Toys to Teach Physics, a PTRA Workshop"
Jodi McCullough, Lisbon High School, Lisbon, OH
Roy McCullough, Amherst High School, Amherst, OH
W6. "A Taste of the Modeling Method of Teaching Physics"
Rex Rice, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO
Debbie Rice, Gateway Institute of Technology, St. Louis, MO
W7. "The Universe on a Desktop: Observational Astronomy Simulations in the Instructional Laboratory"
P. Richard Cooper, Laurence A. Marschall, Glenn A. Snyder, Project CLEA, Department of Physics, Gettysburg College
Host - David Cornell, Department of Physics, Principia College