NINETEENTH STATE-WIDE ANNUAL MEETING

HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS TEACHERS
FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1999

TIME

ACTIVITY (137 Bennett Hall)

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast (complimentary)

9:00 am

WELCOMING REMARKS
Dr. Susan McKay, Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine

9:15 am

Teaching and Educational Resources from NASA
Dr. Jim McClymer, University of Maine

9:45 am

Professional Development Opportunities for High School Physics Teachers
Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance

10:15 am

Coffee Break

10:30 am

Status Report on Physics Teaching Reform
Introduction: Dr. Rand Harrington, University of Maine

10:45 am

CPU: New Java Based Software Simulators
Earl Coombs, Winslow H.S.

11:15 am

Reflections on Using the Physics Modeling Method
Roger Bennatti, Jeff Steinhart

11:45 am

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

12:30 pm

Book and Equipment Giveaway, Open Lab (Software Demos)

1:00 pm

Structure Testing Lab ("Make it and Break it")
Dr. Habib Dagher, University of Maine, Department of Civil Engineering
(Meet at the Advance Eng. Wood Composite Center)

2:00 pm

Using Popular Movies to Teach Physics
Nellie Andreeva, University of Maine

2:30 pm

Contributed Papers, DEMONSTRATIONS and Discussion

3:00 pm

Adjourn