Spring 2003 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Applications of Physics"
April 11-12, 2003
Department of Physics
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois 61401
The Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award will be given to Michael Rolf, physics teacher at Downers Grove High School.
Invited Speakers
"Looking Back on Four Decades of Physics Research", Friday at 4:30
George W. Smith, retired, formerly Principal Research Scientist and Director of GM Research Laboratories
"Nanobiology and Nanophysics", Friday at 8:00
Robert H. Austin, Princeton University, Biophysics Group of the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory
"Teaching Physics with Mossbauer Spectroscopy: A Universal Interactive Tool", Saturday at 11:00
Jon J. Spijkerman, Ranger Scientific, Inc., Burleson, Texas
Workshops
W1. "Teaching Buoyancy and Optics Using Inquiry"
Carl J. Wenning, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
W2. "Junk Box Wars"
Christopher LaRoche, Sherrard High School, Sherrard, IL
W3 was cancelled.
W4. "Simple Experiments in Physics"
Thomas Kuhn, Midwest Educational Representative, Pasco Scientific
Host - Charles Schulz, Department of Physics, Knox College, cschulz@knox.edu