Spring 2012 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
March 30-31, 2012
Department of Physics
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080
High School Teacher Award
The recipient of the 2011-2012 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award is Jeremy Paschke who teaches at York High School, Elmhurst, Illinois. He was presented with the award during the Friday evening banquet.
Invited Talks
"Engage to Excel: Opportunities and risks of the national initiative to improve STEM education", Friday at 3:05
Tim Stelzer, UIUC
"Interactive Online Labs: Hands-on activities exactly when you need them", Friday at 3:30
Mats Selen, UIUC
"The Large Hadron Collider" - Probing the Universe at the biggest science project ever", Friday at 7:45
Tony Liss, UIUC
"Flex Paced Flipped Mastery Physics", Saturday at 10:00
Rob White and Bill Sadler, Bradley Bourbonnais Community High School
"Support to Excel: Professional Development for In-service Teachers", Saturday at 10:30
Morten Lundsgaard, UIUC
Workshops
W1. "Mini Modeling
Carl Wenning, Physics Department, Illinois State University
W2 was cancelled
W3. "Using Clickers to Engage Students in Class"
Mayla Sanchez, Regional Technology Specialist, i>clicker
W4. "Entrepreneurial Science" - Cracker Barrel Discussion
Dan Holland, Physics Department, Illinois State University
Host - Morten Lundsgaard, Department of Physics, UIUC, mlundsga@illinois.edu