Meeting Tomorrow

TAPT-ers,

We meet this coming Saturday. We have a very fun program. Erik Herman, from the Cornell informal education program will talk about his experiences starting the Physics Bus in Tucson and bringing the bus philosophy to other locales. He has also worked on a loaner program for equipment for K-12 teachers.

Join us at J.D. Garcia’s house, [use Contact link to ask for address] at 9:00 for potluck breakfast, Erik’s talk, a tour of Physics Factory bus, and some amount of spring planning for our next few meetings.

Hope to see you all there! If you know a new physics teacher, please invite him/her to TAPT.

Here are some summer opportunities you might want to consider. I went to a workshop with Amber Strunk through STEMAZing in November, and it was great. Amber, a physics teacher from Phoenix, was a LIGO fellow and talked about her fantastic experience. The workshop I attended came out of Amber's training at LIGO - now she works with the program training teachers.

To apply for a LIGO fellowship:  https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/WA/page/lho-ipa-pd

Amber also recommended the Perimeter Institute summer workshop for teachers:

https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/outreach/teachers/programs-and-opportunities/einsteinplus

If you haven't heard of it, the Perimeter Institute, which is in Canada, has scientists working on the biggest physics questions: cosmology, dark matter, dark energy, particle physics. 

One more summer activity: I'm still hoping for a summer Modeling workshop - I'd like to hear from interested teachers.

See you Saturday!

--Karie