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Maine High school physics teachers meetings
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Workshops: Quantum physics| Wave
physics | Intermediate Mechanics
21st Annual High School Physics
Teachers Meeting
Friday 2001 May 25
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Maine
Schedule subject to modification
8:30 Breakfast and registration
9:00 Welcometo the University of Maine
Rebecca Eilers
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Introducing the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education
Susan McKay
Chairman of Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Directorof the Center for
Research in Mathematics and Science Education
9:35 How physics education research can inform practice in high school teaching
Steve Kaback
Assistant Directorof the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education
10:00 Hands-on time with included coffee break
Parallel sessions on two topics (participants will switch between the two at
the halfway point):
1. Tutorials in optics (image location and plane mirrors) in room 137
2. Computer simulations (InteractivePhysics and other physics software) in room
315
11:00 Augmenting your physics course with a web site
Earl Coombs
Kennnebec Valley Technical College
11:20 Radon in our schools
MaryJo Norris
Graduate student with Prof. Tom Hess, University of Maine
11:45 Lunch (complimentary)
12:30 Tour of the Laboratory for Applied Surface Science Technology (LASST),
meet in room 137 to depart across campus
1:20 A teacher's experience developing MEA questions
Pam Russo
Mountain Valley High School, Rumford
1:30 The role of high school physics instruction on student learning of physics
Michael Wittmann
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Cooperating Professor
in the College of Education and Human Development
2:00 Panel discussion
2:30 Contributed papers and demonstrations
2:45 Feedback and evaluation
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