From steve at spvi.com Thu Apr 2 08:35:53 2009 From: steve at spvi.com (Steve Spicklemire) Date: Thu Apr 2 07:35:32 2009 Subject: [INAAPT] Spring Meeting Web Page... Message-ID: <917B76D7-04AB-4E1B-9CE0-11ACB049AABF@spvi.com> Hi Folks, In case you didn't get the word (I know I didn't!) there is a special web page for the Spring Meeting: http://www.indiana.edu/~hisci/ Lots of info there, and an email form for pre-registration. Enjoy! -steve From steve at spvi.com Thu Apr 9 15:29:50 2009 From: steve at spvi.com (Steve Spicklemire) Date: Thu Apr 9 14:29:55 2009 Subject: [INAAPT] Spring Meeting Announcement and Program Link Message-ID: Hi Folks, First.. the full program of the Spring Meeting is now available online: http://inaapt.org/Members/sspickle/2009_Meeting/2009program.pdf Second, here's a note from Dan Beeker about the meeting: Dear Colleague, Don't forget! The Spring Meeting of the Indiana Section of the American Association Of Physics Teachers is just a couple of weekends away. It is happening Friday and Saturday, April 17 and 18 on the IU Bloomington campus. It only happens once a year. Miss it this year and you will have to wait 365 days for another one. The meeting is packed with things to do, almost all relating to physics and physical science. Thanks to the generosity of the Physics Department and the Joseph and Sophia Konopinski endowment we are honored to have Dr. Lawrence Krauss, Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, lecturer and author of / Physics of Star Trek/ and /Fear of Physics/ speaking on "Einsteins Biggest Blunder" in conjunction with the meeting. His talk alone will make it worth the drive to Bloomington! Friday evening brings a workshop "Trains and Brains" - (how to mix play and learning using model trains), a social hour with a Demo Derby, a great physics Demo Show by the IU Physics Club and, if weather permits, an Observing session at Kirkwood Observatory. Saturday brings three tracks of Presentations on Physics and Physics Teaching* followed by lunch and Dr. Krauss' talk. We close the meeting with the workshop "Frontiers of Physics". Physics faculty will talk about how their research is helping to piece together the unknowns in understanding our natural world. Do you wonder about dark matter, dark energy, how the LHC can detect the Higgs Boson or, for that matter, just what is the Higgs boson? Or perhaps you are wondering what a biophysicist does? The Frontiers in Physics workshop is the place to find out. Logistics: Concerned about parking? Don't be. We have a new parking garage just a block away and parking on nights and weekends is free! Food? We'll provide pretty much all the eats you will want. But if you want to venture a few blocks off campus you will find something for virtually any palate. Need a place to stay and don't have money for a hotel? Let us know. We'll help you find somewhere affordable. If you teach Physics or Physical Science this meeting is for you. Don't think you can make it? Find out what you will be missing by checking the meeting web page at www.indiana.edu/~hisci for the latest details. Want to know more about the INAAPT? Then check the INAAPT web page at www.inaapt.org . I, along with the membership of the INAAPT and the IU Physics Faculty are looking forward to seeing you. Dan Beeker 2009 INAAPT Spring Meeting Coordinator debeeker@indiana.edu Physics Department Indiana University Swain West 117 727 E Third Street Bloomington, IN 47405 Phone: (812) 855-5903 Fax: (812) 855-5533