AzAAPT Meeting April 8th

TAPT-ers,

Our April meeting will be in conjunction with the AzAAPT semi-annual meeting, and this spring it's HERE in Tucson. We are meeting at the U of A and there is a great program - see the email copied below from Jim Ward, AzAAPT president.

Some highlights:

Roger Angel will give the keynote address, and he is a good friend of physics teachers, as well as Tucson's own brilliant scientist and inventor. There will be a session by Chris Ubing on the IO lab, and lunch from eegee's. The meeting starts at 8:30 am with registration and a business meeting at 9:00. Consider getting involved in the AzAAPT. There are lots of great physics teachers in the state.

The Mirror Lab tour is after lunch, at 1:00. 

I hope you'll all come and participate in this activity. Registration is online. It's not free, but it will be worth paying for! See details below.

Best,

Karie

It’s March Madness now but it will soon be April Madness!

That’s right, the Spring 2017 meeting of the Arizona Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers is almost here. (Yea, I know, kind of a lame introduction but is still going to be a great meeting.)

Saturday, April 8

University of Arizona

Tucson

Sing-in and continental breakfast starts at 8:30am.The Business Meeting starts at 9:00am.

Look for maps and parking info coming soon.

We have a great line-up of speakers and presentations and we will be touring the Mirror Lab at U of A.  As I said before, not to repeat myself but I think it is an occupational hazard for teachers, if you have not toured the lab before you are in for a real treat and if you have toured the lab before you know it is worth seeing again.  The tour fee has been reduced for our group.

The meeting is packed so to save time we will be bringing lunch in from the world famous Eegees. People travel for miles just to get an Eegee.

Ø Keynote speaker – J. Roger P. Angel – Regents' Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences, and Director, Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. He is also the founder and CTO of Rehnu, Inc., and he is an inductee into the Inventors Hall of Fame.

Ø Tour of the mirror lab at UofA. Awesome tour!

Ø IO Lab on magnetic forces on a wire and Faraday’s Law. We have had a few of these IO labs and they are always very good.

Ø Forces First presentation

Ø Science Standards update

And of course,

Ø Door Prizes (maybe your own personal 8m mirror)

Ø Certificate of Attendance

So don’t wait, click the link and register today.  http://www.azaapt.org/membership.html

Don’t forget about the Arnold Meister Book Award

If you have not submitted a nomination for the Arnold Meister Book, you really should think about it. Just nominate an outstanding High School Senior who will be going on to study Physics in college. The nomination deadline is Wednesday April 5. Include the name, high school attended, and a brief bio of the student you are nominating. You can read more about the award at: http://www.azaapt.org/Arnold%20Meister%20Book%20Award.pdf.  All nominations should be sent to: jward@veritasprepacademy.org

I hope to see you all there!

Best,

Jim ward

President

Arizona Section, American Association of Physics Teachers

Karie Meyers, Ph.D.

Physics Instructor and Chair, Physics and Geosciences Department

Pima Community College West Campus