Spring 2004 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"New Directions in Undergraduate Education"
April 23-24, 2004
Department of Physics
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois
The 2003-2004 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award will be awarded to Michael Bush, physics teacher at Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois.
Invited Speakers
"Giving the Physics Bug to Elementary Education Students", Friday at 1:15
Mats Selen, UIUC
"Figuring Out What Your Students Really Think: An Example from Astronomy Education Research", Friday at 4:30
Rebecca Lindell, SIUE
"Did Sammy Sosa Take Physics 101?"
Alan M. Nathan, UIUC
"Nanoscale Physics Research and Education at Bradley University", Saturday at 9:45
Kelly Roos, Bradley
Workshop
W1. "Using Classroom Electronic Polling Systems to Increase Student Engagement"
Tim Stelzer, UIUC
W2. "Tycho: Enhancing Your Course with Web Technology”
Curtis Shoaf, UIUC
W3. "Polarization and Refraction: Lab Experiences for the Introductory Course"
Paul Kwiat, UIUC
W4. "Simple Experiments in Physics"
Thomas Kuhn, Pasco Scientific
Host - Gary Gladding, Professor of Physics, Loomis Laboratory of Physics, geg@uiuc.edu