Spring 2009 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Astronomy"
April 3-4, 2009
Physics Department
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois 61701
The 2008-2009 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award will be awarded at the banquet on Friday evening. The recipient is Diane Riendeau, Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois. Congratulations Diane!
Later Friday evening, following Dr. Looney's talk, there will an opportunity to
Watch the DVD of Michael Frayn's Tony Award-winning drama "Copenhagen", directed by Howard Davies, starring Stephen Rea, Daniel Craig and Francesca Annis (117 minutes).
Observe in the Quad with telescopes provided by two local amateur astronomers, Lee Green and Dan Miller - weather permitting.
Invited speakers
"Measuring Ancient Light", Friday at 3:00
Thushara Perera, Department of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University, Friday afternoon
"Recent Advances in Understanding the Youngest Protostar Systems", Friday at 7:30
Leslie Looney, Department of Astronomy, UIUC. Banquet speaker on Friday evening
"Astrochemistry and H3+", Saturday at 9:30
Benjamin McCall, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Astronomy, Affiliate in Department of Physics, UIUC.
Workshops
W1. "The Illinois Articulation Initiative for Physics Majors and iTransfer" - Panel Discussion, Friday, 10:00-12:00
Moderated by George Bart, Truman College and Michael Fortner, Northern Illinois University, Center for Natural Science
W2. "Hands on Astronomy", Friday, 2:00-3:00
Lew Detweiler, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University.
W3. Repeat of Workshop W2, Saturday, 10:30-11:30
W4. "StarLab - a Portable Planetarium", Saturday, 10:30-12:00
Don Reid, Lincolnwood High School, Raymond, IL
Host - Narendra Jaggi, Physics Department, Illinois Wesleyan University, njaggi@iwu.edu