New Jersey, New York and New England sections of The American Association of Physics Teachers Presents
A High School and College
Physics Teachers Workshop
Hosted by Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Road, Paramus, NJ
Technology Building – Room 128
October 2 and 3, 2015
All professors, teachers of physics and earth sciences,
and students are welcome to attend.
Friday, October 2, 2015
Saturday, October 3, 2015
3:30 – 6 p.m. – Registration
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. – Registration and
Breakfast
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. – Talk #1 -
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. – Workshop - Introduction
to Physics Union Mathematics (PUM): How to help
your students develop science practices and
master crosscutting concepts. Presenters:
Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University, Michael
Boan and Josh Smith, North Arlington High School. This
workshop will introduce the foundational philosophy of Physics
Union Mathematics (PUM) curriculum modules
(http://pum.rutgers.edu). PUM seamlessly integrates learning of
science practices, cross cutting concepts and fundamental
mathematical ideas into student-centered learning of traditional
physics content. The participants will experience several PUM
activities as students and then engage in the discussions of
practical implementation with the teachers who use the
curriculum. PUM modules can be used in middle school physical
science, Physics First, college prep physics, honors physics and
AP physics I and II.
6:00 p.m. – Dinner
7:30 p.m. – Talk - Student of physics:
listeners, observers or collaborative participants in
the practice of physics? Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers
University
Following the talk - An evening of astronomical observations
using the Bergen Emil Buehler Trust Observatory’s 16”
Telescopes (weather permitting).
New Jersey professional development credit will be awarded to each attendee from
New Jersey who attends the conference:
• Four hours of New Jersey professional development credit for Friday evening
attendance
• Seven hours of New Jersey professional development credit for Saturday
attendance
Registration Information and forms are at: www.nyss-aapt.org
For directions to Bergen Community College, please
visit: www.bergen.edu/directions
Dr. Kimberly Ennico Smith - “Pluto Revealed:
First Results from the First Mission to this distant
world.”"
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. – Talk #2 -
Dr. Jessica Sunshine “The Wonderful Diversity of
Comets as Revealed by Spacecraft Encounters”
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch, Poster
sessions, View the Sun through Bergen Community
College’s Solar Telescope (weather permitting).
1:00 pm - 2:00 p.m. – Talk #3
Dr. Nima Arkani-Hamed “What we have learned
from CERN”
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Workshop - Presenters:
George Amann and Steven Henning - PTRA Workshop TIPERS (Tasks Inspired by Physics Education Research) TIPERS
are tasks inspired by Physics Education Research to provide
alternative learning formats. TIPERS provide students with tasks
that address physical ideas and principles in a variety of ways.
Some of these are Ranking Tasks, Bar Chart Tasks, Linked
Multiple Choice Tasks, Working Backwards Tasks, Predict and
Explain Tasks and many others. These are designed to help
students learn the important concepts and principles of physics
while providing a conceptual base upon which students can
solve physics problems with understanding. Participants will be
receiving two free books: the latest TIPERS Manual and the
Ranking Tasks book.
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