Implementation of the Matter-Energy Interface

Saturday 27 May 10:30 a.m.

Workshop - 40 spaces

The Ontario grade 12 program has a unit, Matter-Energy Interface, which presents problems in implementation. We must go beyond a lesson in the history of physics of the last century. Bring your ideas. Bring your examples. Bring your activities. Bring your pedagogy. This workshop will depend on your input. Together, we will brainstorm useful methods. By the end, we hope to have lots of new ideas on how to present this unit. The CRDI (Curriculum, Review, Development, Implementation) model will be used as the background for this session.

Biography

John Caranci has been a physics teacher in Ontario for 30 years. He has authored and edited books in Physics, Mathematics, and Elementary Science. Recently retired, he now focuses on assessment, discrepant events demonstrations, and science education in the elementary school. He is the instructor of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto - Additional Qualification Honours Specialist Physics.

Damian Pope is the Director of Scientific Outreach, Perimeter Institute, having recently arrived at PI from Brisbane, Australia. He completed his PhD in 2002 at the University of Queensland under Professor Gerard Milburn, focusing on the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information theory. He has also held a Postdoctoral Research position at Griffith University, appeared on Australian television to discuss physics, led high school presentations and continuing education courses, and was a member of the planning committee for Queensland’s International Year of Physics events.

At Perimeter, he reaches students, teachers and the general public across Canada to educate and inspire them about all aspects of theoretical physics research. He oversees activities including in-class lectures and teacher workshops across Canada, monthly Black Hole sessions, Einstein Plus and the International Summer School for Young Physicists, plus a variety of related activities.

Damian's hobbies include long-distance running, hiking, reading and playing unicycle hockey.