EIGHTEENTH STATE-WIDE ANNUAL MEETING

HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS TEACHERS

FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998

 

***** PRELIMINARY PROGRAM *****

REGISTRATION Room 137 Bennett Hall

TIME

ACTIVITY

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast (complimentary)

9:00 am

WELCOMING REMARKS

Peter S. Hoff, President University of Maine

9:15 am

Free Science Teaching Resources from NASA

Steve Whitney (aka Rocketman)

Richard Glueck, Orono Middle School

9:45 am

"Ask the Physics Guy!"

Access to expert Resources for your physics students

Andrew Paradis, Bath H.S.

(http://www.gwi.net/~eiko/physicsguy.htm)

 

10:30 am

SESSION A1: HS Physics Modeling Workshop

Roger Bennatti, Stevens Academy,

(http://modeling.la.asu.edu/modeling.html)

 

 

 

SESSION B1: Laboratory Activities for Teaching about Radiation and Radioactivity

Edward Prather, University of Maine

 

12:00 noon

Lunch (complimentary). We feature a special cuisine this year, indigenous to the Orono region. Individual lunch orders will be taken during Registration.

1:00 pm

SESSION A1 AND B1 REPEATED

2:30 pm

Contributed Papers, DEMONSTRATIONS and Discussion

3:00 pm

Adjourn

Funds for this meeting have been provided by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

PLEASE NOTE: LUNCH ORDERS NEED TO BE RETURNED BEFORE

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