[INAAPT] Spring Meeting Announcement and Program Link

[Steve Spicklemire]

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 <http:// 
www.indiana.edu/%7Ehisci>  for the latest details. Want to know more  
about the INAAPT? Then check the INAAPT web page at  www.inaapt.org  
<http://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 at indiana.edu <mailto:debeeker at indiana.edu>
Physics Department
Indiana University
Swain West 117
727 E Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: (812) 855-5903
Fax: (812) 855-5533